We are happy to host the Niles Public Library Geek Out! Open to all! Register online at https://nmdl.libnet.info/event/10156118

One writer is obsessed with a classic book and has made another writer read it for the first time. Now you'll listen in as they "geek out" over what they loved, learned, and couldn't stand about it.

The Geek-Out is writers geeking out about literature, plain and simple! One writer has made the other read a classic novel for the first time. Now you get to sit back and enjoy listening in as they discuss what they loved, and what they may not have loved about the book.

Participants are encouraged to read along with the authors and participate during the book club discussion, asking questions and chiming in about your own obsession or newly-found observations.

Authors:

Kathleen Rooney is the author, most recently, of the novels From Dust to Stardust, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk and Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey. She is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press, a publisher of literary work in hybrid genres, and a founding member of Poems While You Wait. 

Elisa Gabbert is the author of seven collections of poetry and essays. She writes a regular poetry column for the New York Times, and her writing has appeared in the New York Review of Books, Harper’s, A Public Space, American Poetry Review, New England Review, and elsewhere.

This program is in partnership with StoryStudio Chicago.