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July 2019
More than Playful Virtuosity: The Poetry of John Updike
Judson Scruton leads a 4-part series on the poetry of John Updike. The sessions are July 11, 18, 25 & Aug. 1 and will examine a selection of Updike’s poetry with references to his life and selected works of fiction. Susan Boyer, leader of the Wilton Library Readers and this summer’s 6 New Yorker Short Stories in 6 Weeks, will co-lead the July 25 session. The Updike story she will discuss is “Here Comes the Maples” – first published in…
Find out more »Weir Farm Artist-in-Residence Exhibition/Reception: Myung Gyun You
July brings Myung Gyun You to the Weir Farm Artist-in-Residence Program at the Wilton Library. After immigrating to the United States from South Korea several years ago, Myung has traveled constantly from place to place around the country, noticing the evidence of deep geological history amidst the wide range of natural habitats. He has been collecting soils from each place he travels to and incorporates these soils into his work, expressing the evolutionary history of the planet as part of…
Find out more »August 2019
More than Playful Virtuosity: The Poetry of John Updike
Judson Scruton leads a 4-part series on the poetry of John Updike. The sessions are July 11, 18, 25 & Aug. 1 and will examine a selection of Updike’s poetry with references to his life and selected works of fiction. Susan Boyer, leader of the Wilton Library Readers and this summer’s 6 New Yorker Short Stories in 6 Weeks, will co-lead the July 25 session. The Updike story she will discuss is “Here Comes the Maples” – first published in…
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