SHARON—Hotchkiss Library brings back its Sundays at 4 series Sept. 29 with Michael Korda as its featured speaker. Korda, an English-born writer and novelist and former editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, will discuss World War I from the perspective of poets such as Rupert Brook, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, and Wilfred Owen.
Korda’s “Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen through the Lives of the Soldier Poets,” a group biography, has been universally praised.
The series will continue Sunday, Oct. 13, with novelist Adelle Waldman, who will read from “Help Wanted,” “the the workplace dramedy of the year, according to Kirkus. This comic workplace caper, set in a big box store in the Hudson Valley, shines a light on the odds low-wage workers are up against in today’s economy.
Korda and Waldman will read, discuss, and sign copies of their books, which will be available for sale. The events are free but advanced registrations are requested. Register for Michael Korda here and Adelle Waldman here.
