WARWICK — Two authors and professors from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut will lead a book discussion at Town Hall Saturday starting at 2 p.m.
The Town Hall, library and Women’s Guild are partnering to present the discussion with authors Amy Nawrocki and Eric D. Lehman.
“We’re hoping for a good group for them to speak with,” Women’s Guild Program Committee Chair Gloria Barno said. “They will both give a little speech.”
Nawrocki is the chair of the English department at the University of Bridgeport, the poetry editor for The Wayfarer and the author of six poetry collections, including “Mouthbrooders“,” released by Homebound Publications in June. She has been awarded a gold medal from the Living Now Mind-Body-Spirit Awards. Nawrocki is also the coauthor — with her husband Lehman — of “A History of Connecticut Food,” “A History of Connecticut Wine” and “Literary Connecticut.”
Nawrocki will discuss her recent book, “The Comet’s Tail: A Memoir of No Memory,” which was a 2018 Foreword Review INDIES finalist, showcasing the best books from university and independent publishers, for best memoir. She wrote the book based on her experience losing her memory and remembering small things as they came back.
Lehman is the author or editor of 17 books, including “The Quotable New Englander,” “Insiders’ Guide to Connecticut,” “Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London,” and “Afoot in Connecticut: Journeys in Natural History,” nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Lehman will discuss his 2013 biography of Charles Stratton, “Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity,” which won the Henry Russell Hitchcock Award from the Victorian Society of America, and was chosen as one of the American Library Association’s outstanding university press books of the year.
Light refreshments will be served following the presentation and discussion.
Zack DeLuca can be reached at zdeluca@recorder.com or 413-772-0261, ext. 264.