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BOOKISH BALL 2pm: ACTORS' SHAKESPEARE PROJECT presentation from The Taming of the Shrew 4pm: WERNER SOLLORS investigates A New Literary History of America
Harvard Book Store, as part of the Harvard Square Business Association's second annual Bookish Ball, is excited to host two literary events. At 2pm, join us for a performance by The Actors' Shakespeare Project, who will present a scene from The Taming of the Shrew. And at 4pm, we are honored to host distinguished Harvard professor WERNER SOLLORS to discuss the new collection of essays, A New Literary History of America. America is a nation making itself up as it goes along—a story of discovery and invention unfolding in speeches and images, letters and poetry, unprecedented feats of scholarship and imagination. In more than two hundred original essays,
A New Literary History of America brings together the nation’s many voices. With entries ranging from The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick to Jackson Pollock and Alfred Hitchcock, and with contributors like Gish Jen, Sarah Vowell and Camille Paglia, this new collection breaks open the world of American literary and cultural history and demonstrates how connected our cultural creations are to one another and to the world that surrounds them and gives them shape. “This is an astounding achievement in multiculturalism and American studies, which in the age of Google and the Internet lights the way toward serious interpretive reference publishing.”—Publishers Weekly The Harvard Square Bookish Ball is a celebration of the many bookstores that populate our neighborhood. Activities are free and open to the public throughout Harvard Square on September 12. For more details please visit the Harvard Square Business Association's website, http://www.harvardsquare.com.
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