Events in the Wilmington Libraries!
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Art Loop 2009 Downtown 10th & Market Sts. 5:30-8:00
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For more information, call 571-7400 Art Loop 2009 - At the North Branch 3400 N. Market st. 5:30 - 800
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The Wilmington Library Presents Tuesdays at Noon ... The Great American Short Story Discussion Leader Tom Leitch By long-established convention, every American writer's version of the American dream is to produce the great American novel, the book like Gone with the Wind and The Grapes of Wrath that will vault to the top of bestseller lists, making its author rich and famous, while telling hard truths about American life. So it comes as something of a surprise to realize how prominent a role the lowly short story rather than the novel has played in American letters. Poe virtually invented the modern short story; writers from Hawthorne to Hemingway used it as a training ground for their longer fiction; and a startling number of writers discovered in it the medium for their finest work. Please join us at noon four Tuesdays this summer for a discussion of the work of four postwar writers who found their vocation in the short story, a form that offered them a dramatic economy and a unity of effect no novel could hope to achieve.
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the Wilmington Library 302-751-7407 to reserve your books. Please note, we have limited number of books available. |
Chess Masters of Delaware Coached by Gregory Rogers Saturdays - starting April 11th, 11:30-3:30 Tuesdays - starting May 19th, 6:00-8:00pm North Wilmington Library Branch 3400 N. Market St. Come to watch this club demonstrate how the game of chess is played. Chess instruction will be provided, along with opportunities for participants to practice by competing against one another. All ages welcome. |