Friends of APL Set January Book Talks
Marriage, markets, and memoirs are just some of the topics that will be explored in January at the Friends of Albany Public Library book talks. Every Tuesday at 12:15 p.m., the Friends bring in authors, reviewers, and special lecturers for this series. All of the Friends’ events—which are free and open to the public—take place in the large auditorium of the Main Library at 161 Washington Avenue. For more information, call 427-4300.
Jan. 5, Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.— Author Talk
Ellen Graf, an upstate New York writer, talks about her first book “The Natural Laws of Good Luck: A Memoir of an Unnatural Marriage,” which chronicles her marriage to a man from China.
Jan. 12, Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.—Program
Carl Strock, columnist for The Daily Gazette, discusses Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, who won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Jan. 19, Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.—Book Review
Gene Damm, president of the Friends of Albany Public Library, reviews “How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities” by John Cassidy, writer for New Yorker magazine.
Jan. 26, Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.—Book Review
Jerome Flax, retired educator and past president of the Friends of Albany Public Library, reviews “True Compass: A Memoir” by Senator Edward M. Kennedy.