Friends of APL Schedule September Programs
September is a big month for the Friends of Albany Public Library. A full slate of free lunchtime author talks, programs, and book reviews are on tap, highlighted by a special evening author talk on Sept. 24 by Douglas Blackmon, winner of the 2009 general nonfiction Pulitzer Prize for Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.
All of the Friends’ events are free and open to the public, and take place in the large auditorium of the Main Library at 161 Washington Avenue. For more information, call 427-4300.
Sept. 1, Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.— Program
Gene Damm, president of the Friends of Albany Public Library, will report on his trip to Indonesia, with a focus on a newly discovered colony of orangutans in Northern Sumatra.
Sept. 8, Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.—Author Talk
Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement by Lawrence S. Wittner, PhD. Wittner, a professor of history at the University at Albany, will discuss how citizen action helped put the brakes on the nuclear arms race.
Sept. 15, Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.—Program
Priscilla Fairbank and Barbara Spring, of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, will describe their recent visit to Iran.
Sept. 22, Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.—Book Review
The Art and Politics of Science by Harold Varmus, MD. In this 2009 memoir, Varmus details his career as a Nobel Prize-winning cancer biologist. Reviewer is Jonathan Skinner, PhD, retired statistician.
Sept. 24, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.—Special Author Talk with Pulitzer Prize-Winner Douglas Blackmon
The Friends of APL and the NYS Writers Institute are co-sponsoring the presentation by Douglas Blackmon, who won the 2009 general nonfiction Pulitzer Prize for Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. Blackmon, Wall Street Journal Atlanta bureau chief and acclaimed author, will discuss his award-winning book.
Sept. 29, Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.—Book Review
Saratoga: A Military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution by John Luzader. A staff historian of the National Park Service, Luzader details the pivotal Battle of Saratoga in this 2008 book. Reviewer is Eric Hoppel, executive producer of NewsChannel 13.