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Spoken Interludes Will Begin Its 17th Annual Author-Reading Series in March
Spoken Interludes founder DeLauné Michel, an Irvington resident, will host an appearance by the authors of three recently published books at a dinner meeting on Tuesday, March 27 at the RiverView in Hastings-on-Hudson.
Formed in 1996 by novelist DeLauné Michel, Spoken Interludes conducts a number of meet-the-author programs annually. At these programs, a buffet dinner is followed by readings of brief passages by the authors and question-and-answer sessions.
The 2012 season opens on Tuesday evening, March 27. Programs have also been scheduled for Wednesday, April 25 and Tuesday, May 15.
Brief descriptions for the March 27 activities follow:
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- Buffet dinner catered by chef Navjot Arora of Chutney Masala, an Indian restaurant located in Irvington. From 6 to 7:30 p.m.
- DeLauné Michel introduces the speaking program at 7:30 p.m.
- Kathryn Harrison reads from her novel Enchantments, a love story set in the final days of Russia's Romanov Empire (336 pages, to be released on March 6, 2012 by Random House).
- Lucette Lagnador quotes from her new memoir The Arrogant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn (421 pages, published by HarperCollins).
- Ben Marcus reads from his fourth novel The Fame Alphabet (304 pages, released by Knopf Doubleday on January 17, 2012). The book is described on the dust jacket as "a work of heartbreak and horror, a novel about how far we will go, and the sorrows we will endure, in order to protect our families."
- Book signing by the authors beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Michel is a resident of Irvington and the author of two novels: Aftermath of Dreaming (William Morrow/HarperCollins, April 2006) and The Safety of Secrets (HarperCollins, May 2008). To see her biography, click here.
Previous speakers have included author André Dubus III (Michel's cousin) who wrote House of Sand and Fog and read last March from his memoir Townie and Irvington resident Allison Gilbert, author of Parentless Parents, who spoke in last June's program.
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How to register
Attendees can pay the $25 admission/dinner cost at the door by cash, check or credit card however the RiverView bar will only accept cash. Books can be purchased from on-site representatives of The Village Book Store of Pleasantville, NY, by cash, check or credit card.
To register for the March 27 program, click here. For more information, send an e-mail to rsvp@spokeninterludes.com or call 914-307-1683.
The RiverView is located at 1 Warburton Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson, 914-965-7220,www.riverviewcaterers.com.
Editor's Note: The name of DeLaune Michel's book was misspelled in the original edition of this report. Patch regrets the error.
