S2Gs Montclair Literary Festival: Dani Shapiro In Conversation – Montclair, NJ Patch

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Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival presents its final event of the year: best-selling author Dani Shapiro will discuss her latest gripping memoir Inheritance on Tuesday December 10 from 6 p.m.

In Inheritance Dani chronicles her discovery, after taking a DNA test on a whim, that her father is not her biological father. Dani will talk with Deborah Davis about the ethical questions surrounding fertility treatments and DNA testing, and the issues she explores in the book regarding paternity, identity and love.

The talk will take place at the Glen Ridge Country Club, Ridgewood Ave, Glen Ridge. Refreshments and a light meal will be served from 6 p.m. The talk begins at 7 p.m. and Dani will sign books after the event.

Tickets are $45 and include a hard-back copy of Inheritance, author talk and book signing, and a light buffet meal. Tickets available bit.ly/2OiMPLq

Dani Shapiro is the author of the memoirs Hourglass, Still Writing, Devotion, and Slow Motion and five novels including Black & White and Family History.

Deborah Davis is the author of 10 books, including Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X; Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball; and the memoir My Love Story, which she wrote with music legend Tina Turner.

In March 2019 more than 3000 people attended S2G’s third Montclair Literary Festival to hear from over 130 authors in 63 events, including Joyce Carol Oates, Sigrid Nunez, Nathan Englander, Wayétu Moore, Fiona Davis, Laurie Lico Albanese, David Ebershoff, Jonathan Santlofer, and Sam Lipsyte.

The 2019 festival was sponsored by Jill Williams and Ameriprise Financial, Avis Budget Group, West of Hudson Realty, NJEA and many generous community members. Special thanks to event partners: Montclair Public Library, Watchung Booksellers, First Congregational Church of Montclair, Montclair Art Museum, Halfway There Reading Series, and The Writers Circle.

Details about the upcoming 2020 pre-festival talks and confirmed authors will be released at the Dani Shapiro event.

Montclair-based Succeed2gether launched S2G’s Montclair Literary Festival in 2017 to promote literacy and reading for all, and to celebrate reading, literature, and Montclair’s vibrant and diverse literary scene. S2G’s Montclair Literary Festival raises funds and awareness for the work of Succeed2gether, a non-profit organization that addresses unequal access to educational resources by providing free, high-quality enrichment and academic programs to children in need from Montclair and Essex County, New Jersey. Past festivals have featured celebrated authors such as Patti Smith, Trevor Noah, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Auster, Anna Quindlen, Thomas Friedman, Nathan Englander, Sigrid Nunez, Tom Perrotta, Meg Wolitzer, Wesley Lowery, Jonathan Alter, Min Jin Lee, and many more. More information about Succeed2gether and the festival can be found on www.succeed2gether.org.

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