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2021 Six Bridges Book Festival
October 21-31
Six Bridges Presents: Food, Sweat, and War
In addition to the Six Bridges Book Festival in the fall, throughout the year you can take advantage of Six Bridges Presents, an ongoing series of talks. Coming up, you can participate in the following discussions. Learn about the books from the authors themselves, experience engaging moderators, and even ask your own questions. Sign up now and mark these unmissable events on your calendar.
May 20 @ 6:30 pm
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The Intrepid Bourdain!
Inspired by Bourdain’s posthumous World Travel: An Irreverent Guide (published April 20), this loose tribute is a discussion of tastes, travels, and the man who brought us the best of both worlds. Anthony Bourdain (1946-2018) attained fame for his work as a chef, a writer of Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw,
June 3 @ 6:30 pm
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Eric Cervini
Eric Cervini discusses his book, The Deviant’s War. Covering American LGBTQIA+ history and trials (mostly pre-Stonewall), this well-researched award-winner was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. “Epiphanic.” The Guardian
This event is free. Registration on the Zoom platform is required.
About The Deviant’s War
From a young Harvard- and Cambridge-trained historian,
July 22 @ 6:30 pm
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Sarah Everts
Ottawa-based professor Sarah Everts discusses her book, The Joy of Sweat. The sultry summertime brings Everts as your guide to “a taboo-busting romp through the shame, stink, and strange science of sweating.” Sponsored by UAMS Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics and Department of Dermatology.
This event is free.
August 12 @ 6:30 pm
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Shugri Said Salh
Shugri Said Salh discusses her book, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert. Another hot one, this memoir provides a “fascinating look at a disappearing culture” and has been called “brilliant and riveting.”
This event is free. Registration on the Zoom platform is required.
About The Last Nomad
“I am the last nomad.