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SUMMARY:The Two Saddest Kitchens
DESCRIPTION:#1 New York Times bestselling\, award-winning author Roz Chast teams up with her fellow New Yorker cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein to take on a hugely relatable subject—kitchen anxiety. Together\, they rip the Tupperware lid off what’s really going on in their kitchens. \nThe kitchen is the “heart of the home\,” or at least it’s supposed to be. But wait! What’s that lurking under the sink? Behind the cabinets? In the back of the refrigerator?! When celebrated New Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein confessed to each other that their kitchens were far from Martha Stewart perfect\, they knew they couldn’t be the only ones cracking under the pressure of their pressure cookers. \nIn The Two Saddest Kitchens\, Roz and Jason combine their hilarious cartoon sensibilities to take (chicken) stock of everything from tragic pantries to the secret double life of Mr. Clean. Let Roz and Jason guide you through their divine kitchen comedy as they ponder the fancy utensils that will never be used\, the recipes that will never be followed\, and the dream kitchens that exist only on the astral plane\, which is maybe for the best. \nRegister for this event here on the Ridgefield Library website.
URL:https://booksonthecommon.com/events/the-two-saddest-kitchens/
LOCATION:Ridgefield Library\, 472 Main Street\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Heather Abel and Lauren Acampora
DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming authors Heather Abel and Lauren Acampora to the Library\, who will discuss their recent works: \nHeather Abel is the author of two novels\, The Emilys (published June 2026) and The Optimistic Decade. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times\, Slate\, the Los Angeles Times\, Oprah Daily\, and the Paris Review among other places. She lives in Northampton\, MA with her family and teaches creative writing at Smith College. \n“The Emilys is a capacious\, profound book about how love of all kinds—love between friends\, between mothers and kids\, between strangers and neighbors\, love for the earth—opens up new possibilities. It asks: How will we learn to live in an altered world? How will we keep each other safe? And when the darkness comes\, how will we find joy?” \nLauren Acampora is the author of The Animal Room (published June 2026) and three other books of fiction: The Wonder Garden\, The Paper Wasp and The Hundred Waters. Lauren’s writing has also appeared in many publications such as The Paris Review\, One Story and The New York Times and was anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 2025. She lives with her family in Katonah\, NY. \n“The Animal Room is a set of linked stories spotlighting human-animal relations—and revealing the tensions that threaten to fracture a suburban New England community. Incisive and moving\, these stories chart the interconnected lives of neighbors\, relatives\, coworkers\, enemies\, lovers and the animals around them\, turning an unflinching eye to the natural world to shed light on human nature. Through its riveting ensemble\, The Animal Room paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of contemporary American life that is strikingly unique.” \nBooks will be available for sale and signing. \nPlease register here or on the Ridgefield Library website.
URL:https://booksonthecommon.com/events/author-talk-heather-abel-and-lauren-acampora/
LOCATION:Ridgefield Library\, 472 Main Street\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
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SUMMARY:Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minster Became America’s Most Radical Revolutionary
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 12th\, author Nina Sankovitch will present the compelling true story of Universal Friend\, a self-proclaimed genderless minister who\, after awakening from a prolonged illness in 1776\, announced they had been sent by God to save the world. Universal Friend ended up founding communities which\, in the years following America’s independence from England\, provided anyone – no matter their gender or race – with the opportunity to enjoy the “unalienable rights to Life\, Liberty\, and the Pursuit of Happiness” that had been promised to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence. Universal Friend\, in other words\, did what other early American leaders had promised: created a society that strove to uphold equality and opportunity – and succeeded beyond all expectations. But into every Eden comes a snake. \nTickets are on sale now\, with discounts for KTM&HC members. Books on the Common will have copies of Not Your Founding Father available for purchase at the event. \nNina Sankovitch is the author of five nonfiction books\, including American Rebels: How the Hancock. Adams\, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution\,  and The Lowells of Massachusetts. Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minster Became America’s Most Radical Revolutionary is her latest book and explores the forgotten history of America’s first home-grown minister and first non-binary minister\, and the first leader in the United States to implement the ideals for which the American Revolution was fought\, including equality and opportunity.  Sankovitch has written for the New York Times\, the Huffington Post\, Vogue Magazine\, and other media\, and was formerly a judge for The Book of the Month Club. A graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School\, Sankovitch grew up in Evanston\, Illinois\, and currently lives in New York City. 
URL:https://booksonthecommon.com/events/not-your-founding-father-how-a-nonbinary-minster-became-americas-most-radical-revolutionary/
LOCATION:Keeler Tavern\, 152 Main Street\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
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SUMMARY:Are They Dead Yet?  The Art of the Obit.
DESCRIPTION:“Mordantly wonderful.” -CARL HIAASEN\n“I almost died laughing.” -ROZ CHAST\n“My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the obit!” -KAI BIRD\n\nFrom celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts\, the art of the obit: Who we remember\, how we forget\, and where we find the true meaning in a life.\n\nAfter nearly a decade behind the obituaries desk at the paper of record\, Roberts knows obits aren’t really about deaths. In fact\, they usually only mention dying once. Over the course of the nearly 1\,500 obituaries he has written throughout his career\, he has instead come to understand that they’re about distilling an entire life lived-for someone whose name he may have learned that morning. \nIn Are They Dead Yet?\, Roberts explores the major questions that arise from the task of producing a succinct yet record-defining account of a life. Who deserves an obituary\, and how do we decide who gets one? How does an obituarist choose what to include-and to omit? What happens when embarrassing information\, like a crime\, affair\, or wonky cause of death\, makes itself known? What makes a legacy\, a claim to fame? And what happens when that claim to fame\, so important in death\, isn’t what mattered in life at all? \nWith wit\, wisdom\, and behind-the-scenes intrigue\, Roberts examines the practice of writing advance obituaries\, of which there are more than 2\,000 on hold and regularly updated at the New York Times\, America’s relationship to death in the wake of 9/11 and the pandemic\, classic euphemistic language\, and more. Through it all\, Roberts brings his humor\, shrewdness\, and experience to prove what he has learned from a long career in death: There’s no such thing as an ordinary life. \nRegister for this event on the Ridgefield Library website.
URL:https://booksonthecommon.com/events/are-they-dead-yet-the-art-of-the-obit/
LOCATION:Ridgefield Library\, 472 Main Street\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
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