Events from Friends of the South End Library

Tuesday, September 15
"How Our Presidential Election Could Reshape the World:" Join Foreign Correspondent, Stephen Kinzer, and "Open Source" Radio Host, Christopher Lydon, via ZOOM, Tuesday, September 15, at 7:00 PM
Award-winning foreign policy journalist, Stephen Kinzer, will return to the virtual version of South End Writes on Tuesday, September 15 at 7:00 PM via ZOOM with a talk titled: How Our Presidential Election Could Reshape the World. Kinzer will be introduced by Christopher Lydon, the erudite host of the WBUR radio show, Open Source.
A Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs at Brown University's Watson Institute, he is the author of a dozen books about foreign affairs. They include All the Shah's Men (reportedly a go-to book for former Senator and Secretary of State, John Kerry) and The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and their Secret World War.
Kinzer most recently presented, Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control, at the South End library in October 2019. He told the audience that although he had seen a lot in his life and career, in researching the book he was "shocked by what he found." Kinzer is an Opinion Columnist at The Boston Globe and has been a South End resident since the 1970s, except for when he was New York Times bureau chief in Nicaragua, Istanbul and Berlin. At the moment, Kinzer told FOSEL, he is doing something different from writing books: He's reading them.

TO CONNECT VIA ZOOM:
Email info@friendsofsouthendlibrary.org and you will receive the ZOOM info.
FOSEL subscribers will receive the ZOOM link in our Mailchimp newsletter just before the event.

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Tuesday, September 22
Lauren Francis-Sharma, Award-winning Writer of Fiction Inspired by her Caribbean Ancestors, Will Present Her New Novel, "Book of the Little Axe," Tuesday, September 22 at 7:00 PM via ZOOM
Lauren Francis-Sharma, a child of Trinidadian immigrants, continues to explore the story of her Caribbean ancestors' history in her new novel, Book of the Little Axe. She will be hosted on South End Writes via ZOOM on Tuesday, September 22, at 7:00 PM (details at the bottom of the page).
Her new work of fiction was preceded by the 2014 'Til the Well Runs Dry, a first novel that was short-listed for the William Saroyan International Prize. It won the Honor Fiction Prize by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was also chosen as an O, The Oprah Magazine Summer Reading Pick and lauded by the New York Times, USA Today, Essence Magazine, and People Magazine among other publications. Inspired by her grandmother's journey from Trinidad to the United States, Francis-Sharma's debut novel was the subject of feature articles about her Caribbean ancestry in the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
The author's short story, Demented, is featured in the anthology Us Against Alzheimer's: Stories of Family Love and Faith, edited by Marita Golden. Before becoming a novelist, Francis-Sharma worked as a mergers-and-acquisitions attorney; currently, she is the owner of DC Writers Room, a co-working space dedicated to both published and aspiring writers. She is also the Assistant Director of Bread Loaf Writers' Conference at Middlebury College and a MacDowell Fellow.
Lauren lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. with her husband and two children and "is always working on another book."

TO CONNECT VIA ZOOM:
Email info@friendsofsouthendlibrary.org and you will receive the ZOOM info.
FOSEL subscribers will receive the ZOOM link in our Mailchimp newsletter just before the event.

TO CONNECT VIA FACEBOOK: click on this link:
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsoftheSouthEndLibrary

Thursday, September 24
Helping You With Your Job Search: Specialist Joyce Mandel Returns via ZOOM Thursday, September 24, 10:30 AM
Joyce Mandel is an employment specialist with 15 years of experience providing employability skills workshops geared towards youth and adults. Topics covered in this workshop will include: interviewing skills, resume writing, dressing for success, job leads, telephone skills, networking, and keeping your job. Workshop objectives include building participants' confidence, readying participants for employment opportunity, and enhancing their job skills.
To join via ZOOM on September 24:
https://boston-public-library.zoom.us/j/89657513532?pwd=UTN2SU5xcHIwK2hOYm5NdDA2bU56QT09