Date and TimeWednesday, May 1, 2024, 1 - 1:45 PM End times are
approximate. Events may end early or late. Location Online HARRY
BELAFONTE 115TH STREET LIBRARY Register Now Email * The email to
associate with this registration. Name * Phone LIBRARY BARCODE Cancel
Event Details Reading keeps US connected. Join US for a neighborhood
book club at the HARRY BELAFONTE 115TH STREET LIBRARY! The NEW YORK
Public LIBRARY continues partnering with WNYC to present a book club
experience! Each month, we will read a new title leading up to a live
conversation, in-person or online, with the author and Alison Stewart,
host of WNYC's All of It. This book club will take place
ONLINE at the HARRY BELAFONTE 115TH STREET LIBRARY. The
April title is STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES' MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW - an
homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend
genre. On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But
beneath is its beating HEART: a biting critique of American
colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and gentrification, and a
HEARTBREAKING PORTRAIT OF A BROKEN YOUNG GIRL WHO USES HORROR MOVIES
TO COPE WITH THE HORROR OF HER OWN LIFE. Jade Daniels is an angry,
half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an
entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own
world, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source:
horror movies… especially the ones where a masked killer seeks
revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky
history of Proofrock as if it is one of those movies. But when blood
actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian Lake, she pulls US
into her dizzying, encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers,
and predicts exactly how the plot will unfold. Throughout the
month, All of It host Alison Stewart and the LIBRARY WILL
ACCOMPANY READERS, providing touchpoints on-air and on social media at
@allofitwnyc and @nypl. Borrow the book (and more than 300,000 others)
for free through the LIBRARY’s e-reader app SimplyE, available
for iOS and Android devices. Don't forget to register to join
Stewart, the author, and readers everywhere for a live conversation,
in-person or online, on Monday, April 29, 2024, from 6 - 7 PM. Join
our neighborhood book club. Here's how it works: GET THE BOOK
Borrow: NYPL Catalog E-Book app: SimplyE, available on iOS and
Android Purchase: The LIBRARY SHOP — proceeds benefit The NEW YORK
Public LIBRARY To see all of our previous WNYC Get Lit titles check
out our book club page here! ACCESSIBILITY NOTES If you find it hard
to read standard print, The NEW YORK Public LIBRARY’s Andrew
Heiskell LIBRARY provides free access to talking books, talking book
players, braille, a talking book download website and a free talking
book and e-braille app for mobile devices. Learn more and apply.
Note: DB = available on BARD in talking book format and as a mailable
talking book. Some titles are available through Bookshare and can be
found through the Bookshare (BK) link under that title. All Heiskell
members can gain access to Bookshare for free. DB (digital
talkingbook) / BK (Bookshare) My HEART IS A CHAINSAW DB My HEART IS A
CHAINSAW BR Please email adultprogramming@nypl.org with any
accessibility questions or requests. Don't have a NEW YORK Public
LIBRARY CARD? Get one here! Register above with your email address
to attend this book club on Wednesday, May 1st at 1 PM. Assistive
Listening and ASL Assistive listening devices availableASL
interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request.
Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing
accessibility@nypl.org.
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