McDermott Lecture: "'I want to write something new--something extraordinary:' 100 Years of Gatsby

Name: McDermott Lecture: "'I want to write something new--something extraordinary:' 100 Years of Gatsby
Start: 2024-09-24T18:30:00-05:00
Location: Highland Park Community Center

Schedule

Tue Sep 24 2024 at 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Highland Park Community Center | Saint Paul, MN

McDermott Lecture: “‘I want to write something new—something extraordinary:’ 100 Years of Gatsby
Tuesday, September 24 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Highland Park Community Center Auditorium
1974 Ford Parkway, Saint Paul
Free and open to the public
A livestream will be available. Register below to receive the link.
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Join The Friends for the annual McDermott Lecture, featuring Dr. Anne Margaret Daniel. Dr. Daniel teaches at the New School University in New York City. She has degrees in American history and English literature, and has published widely on F. Scott Fitzgerald and the work of Bob Dylan.
ASL interpretation is available upon request with at least seven days’ notice. Contact [email protected] or 651-222-3242.
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The McDermott Lecture is named for Richard P. McDermott, who helped restore Fitzgerald’s birthplace in the 1970s and remained an avid supporter of Fitzgerald activities before passing away in 2012.
This program is made possible in part by the State of Minnesota through an appropriation to the Minnesota Department of Education, funding The Friends as the Library of Congress-designated Minnesota Center for the Book.