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SUMMARY:Books Sandwiched In: "The God of the Woods"
DESCRIPTION:Each year in January and February\, the The Friends of the Southeast Steuben County Library present Books Sandwiched In (BSI)\, a lunchtime book series featuring local speakers reviewing notable works of fiction and nonfiction. Additional support for Books Sandwiched In comes from Card Carrying Books & Gifts.\nIn 2026\, as in recent years\, the program will take place on Wednesdays\, from January 7 through February 11\, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street in Corning. The presentations will start promptly at noon.\nPresenters usually speak for 30 minutes or so\, and allow 15-20 minutes for questions. \nThis year’s sixth and final book presentation will be The God of the Woods by Liz Moore and is presented by Randi Hewit.\nFrom the publisher: Early morning\, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant\, Barbara Van Laar\, has gone missing. As a panicked search begins\, a thrilling drama unfolds. Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.\nLiz Moore lives in Philadelphia and is Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Temple University..This is the author’s fifth book. \nNOTE: A video interview with the author of this book\, Liz Moore\, is available through our collaboration with the Library Speakers Consortium (LSC). You can watch the interview anytime on our LSC microsite: libraryc.org/ssclibrary/105856   \nYou can watch any of the past three years of fascinating author interviews here. \nAbout the presenter: Randi Hewit is a graduate of Rollins College with a degree in sociology and women’s studies. She serves as President of the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes. Randi is also a co-founder of Card Carrying Books & Gifts\, a feminist bookstore in Corning\, NY. Card Carrying Books & Gifts is a supporter of Books Sandwiched In.
URL:https://ssclibrary.org/event/bsi-feb-11-2026/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, Corning\, 14830
CATEGORIES:For Adults
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SUMMARY:Books Sandwiched In: "Careless People"
DESCRIPTION:Each year in January and February\, the The Friends of the Southeast Steuben County Library present Books Sandwiched In (BSI)\, a lunchtime book series featuring local speakers reviewing notable works of fiction and nonfiction. Additional support comes from Books Sandwiched In comes from Card Carrying Books & Gifts.\nIn 2026\, as in recent years\, the program will take place on Wednesdays\, from January 7 through February 11\, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street in Corning. The presentations will start promptly at noon.\nPresenters usually speak for 30 minutes or so\, and allow 15-20 minutes for questions. \nThis year’s fifth book presentation will be Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power\, Greed\, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams and is presented by Michaela Rossettie Azemi.\nFrom the publisher: An explosive insider account charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet\, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Meta\, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades\, and the people who made them.\nSarah Wynn-Williams is a New Zealand lawyer\, public policy expert\, and author. She was formerly the Director of Public Policy at Facebook.This is the author’s first book. \nAbout the presenter: Michaela Rossettie Azemi is an attorney and licenced real estate broker. She has been an advisor at Cornell\, Columbia and Fordham Law Schools\, and is currently a Managing Attorney\, Pro Bono Services\, at the Legal Aid Society of Mid New York.
URL:https://ssclibrary.org/event/bsi-feb-4-2026/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, Corning\, 14830
CATEGORIES:For Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T120000
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SUMMARY:Books Sandwiched In: "Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gaugin"
DESCRIPTION:Each year in January and February\, the The Friends of the Southeast Steuben County Library present Books Sandwiched In (BSI)\, a lunchtime book series featuring local speakers reviewing notable works of fiction and nonfiction. Additional support for Books Sandwiched In comes from Card Carrying Books & Gifts.\nIn 2026\, as in recent years\, the program will take place on Wednesdays\, from January 7 through February 11\, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street in Corning. The presentations will start promptly at noon.\nPresenters usually speak for 30 minutes or so\, and allow 15-20 minutes for questions. \nThis year’s fourth book presentation will be Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gaugin by Sue Prideaux\, and is presented by Katherine Fultz.\nFrom the publisher: In the first full biography of Paul Gauguin in thirty years\, Sue Prideaux illuminates the extraordinary oeuvre of a visionary artist vital to the French avant-garde. The result is “a brilliantly readable and compassionate study of Gauguin—not just as a painter\, sculptor\, carver and potter\, but as a human soul perpetually searching for what is always just out of reach” (Artemis Cooper\, Spectator).\nThis is the author’s fourth biography.. \nAbout the presenter: Katherine Fultz has many interests and skills: she is illustrator and surface designer\, teaching Digital Art at 171 Cedar Arts Center; and she is an education specialist at the Rockwell Museum. Katherine earned a BA\, MA and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan\, and an MSEd in General Education from Elmira College.
URL:https://ssclibrary.org/event/bsi-jan-28-2026/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, Corning\, 14830
CATEGORIES:For Adults
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SUMMARY:Books Sandwiched In: "Kingmaker"
DESCRIPTION:Each year in January and February\, the The Friends of the Southeast Steuben County Library present Books Sandwiched In (BSI)\, a lunchtime book series featuring local speakers reviewing notable works of fiction and nonfiction. Additional support for Books Sandwiched In comes from Card Carrying Books & Gifts.\nIn 2026\, as in recent years\, the program will take place on Wednesdays\, from January 7 through February 11\, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street in Corning. The presentations will start promptly at noon.\nPresenters usually speak for 30 minutes or so\, and allow 15-20 minutes for questions. \nThis year’s third book presentation will be Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power\, Seduction\, and Intrigue by Sonia Purnell\, and is presented by Sky Moss.\nFrom the publisher: There are few at any time who have operated as close to the center of power over five decades and two continents\, and there is practically no one in 20th Century politics\, culture\, and fashion whose lives she [Pamela Harriman] did not touch…Written with the novelistic richness and investigative rigor that only Sonia Purnell could bring to this story full of sex\, politics\, yachts\, palaces and fabulous clothes\, KINGMAKER re-asserts Harriman’s rightful place at the heart of history.\nThis is the author’s fourth novel. \nAbout the presenter: Sky Moss earned a BA from the University of Rochester\, and and MA from SUNY Cortland. A professor of history for many years at SUNY Corning Community College\, he has taught Latin American History\, American History I\, American History II\, Comparative Politics\, Modern Africa\, African American History\, Middle East and Islam\, and Contemporary World Affairs.
URL:https://ssclibrary.org/event/bsi-jan-21-2026/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, Corning\, 14830
CATEGORIES:For Adults
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SUMMARY:Books Sandwiched In: "The Sunflower Boys"
DESCRIPTION:Each year in January and February\, the The Friends of the Southeast Steuben County Library present Books Sandwiched In (BSI)\, a lunchtime book series featuring local speakers reviewing notable works of fiction and nonfiction. Additional support for Books Sandwiched In comes from Card Carrying Books & Gifts.\nIn 2026\, as in recent years\, the program will take place on Wednesdays\, from January 7 through February 11\, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street in Corning. The presentations will start promptly at noon.\nPresenters usually speak for 30 minutes or so\, and allow 15-20 minutes for questions. \nThis year’s second book presentation will be The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman\, and is presented by Jessica O’Connor.\nFrom the publisher: A harrowing and gorgeous tale of love\, identity\, lost innocence\, and survival set in a time of devastating war\, The Sunflower Boys is a powerful\, heartrending exploration of young queer love\, the Ukrainian spirit\, and a family’s struggle to survive.\nThis is the author’s first novel.
URL:https://ssclibrary.org/event/bsi-jan-14-2026/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, Corning\, 14830
CATEGORIES:For Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260107T120000
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SUMMARY:Books Sandwiched In: "The Ministry of Time"
DESCRIPTION:Each year in January and February\, the The Friends of the Southeast Steuben County Library present Books Sandwiched In (BSI)\, a lunchtime book series featuring local speakers reviewing notable works of fiction and nonfiction. Additional support for Books Sandwiched In comes from Card Carrying Books & Gifts.\nIn 2026\, as in recent years\, the program will take place on Wednesdays\, from January 7 through February 11\, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street in Corning. The presentations will start promptly at noon.\nPresenters usually speak for 30 minutes or so\, and allow 15-20 minutes for questions. \nThis year’s first book presentation will be The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley\, and is presented by Dr. Jennifer O’Hara.\nFrom the publisher: An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas\, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history\, when history is living in your house? Kaliane Bradley’s answer is a blazing\, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.\nThe book has won and been nominated for several awards\, and was named a “book of the year” by the New York Times\, Guardian\, Independent\, Evening Standard\, NPR\, Vanity Fair\, Slate\, Advocate\, Goodreads\, and Smithsonian Magazine. This is the author’s first novel. \nAbout the presenter: Dr. Jennifer O’Hara earned a BA in Philosophy and BA in Law & Society from Binghamton University\, a JD from Western New England Law School\, and an EdD from Vanderbilt. For 23 years she has been a Professor at Corning Community College; she also teaches at the Elmira Correctional Facility.
URL:https://ssclibrary.org/event/bsi-jan-7-2026/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, 171 W. Pulteney Street\, Corning\, 14830
CATEGORIES:For Adults
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