{"id":3839,"date":"2022-04-21T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/?post_type=mec-events&p=3839"},"modified":"2022-04-21T16:56:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:56:02","slug":"six-walks-book-talk-with-ben-shattuck-jenny-slate","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/events\/six-walks-book-talk-with-ben-shattuck-jenny-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Walks: Book Talk with Ben Shattuck & Jenny Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, May 17th, at 4:30pm, please join us at the West Tisbury Library for a book talk with author Ben Shattuck. Ben will read from his newly released book, <\/span>Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau<\/span><\/i> followed by a Q&A with Jenny Slate. Books will be available to purchase from Bunch of Grapes Bookstore. This event is free and open to the public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben Shattuck<\/b>, a graduate of the Iowa Writers\u2019 Workshop, is a recipient of the PEN\/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize and a 2019 Pushcart Prize. He is the director of the Cuttyhunk Island Writers\u2019 Residency. His writing can be found in the <\/span>Harvard Review<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>The Common<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>the Paris Review Daily<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Lit Hub<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>Kinfolk Magazine<\/span><\/i>. He lives with his wife and daughter on the coast of Massachusetts, where he owns and runs a general store built in 1793.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jenny Slate<\/b> is an actor, stand-up comedian, and the New York Times bestselling author of<\/span> Little Weirds <\/span><\/i>and children’s book <\/span>Marcel The Shell with Shoes On<\/span><\/i>. She has been in many movies and TV shows and also plays many cartoon animals. She lives with her husband, daughter, and their dog Sally. Jenny is a graduate of Columbia University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About <\/b>Six Walks<\/i><\/b>:<\/p>\n

<\/b><\/b>On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same. With little more than a loaf of bread, brick of cheese, and a notebook, Shattuck sets out to retrace Thoreau\u2019s path through the Cape\u2019s outer beaches, from the elbow to Provincetown\u2019s fingertip.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the first of six journeys taken by Shattuck, each one inspired by a walk once taken by Henry David Thoreau. After the Cape, Shattuck goes up Mount Katahdin and Mount Wachusett, down the coastline of his hometown, and then through the Allagash. Along the way, Shattuck encounters unexpected characters, landscapes, and stories, seeing for himself the restorative effects that walking can have on a dampened spirit. Over years of following Thoreau, Shattuck finds himself uncovering new insights about family, love, friendship, and fatherhood, and understanding more deeply the lessons walking can offer through life\u2019s changing seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Intimate, entertaining, and beautifully crafted,<\/span> Six Walks<\/span><\/i> is a resounding tribute to the ways walking in nature can inspire us all.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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