Thursday, January 26, 2012

If You Read Only One Book....

NPR reviewer Lucia Silver said last May, " If you only read one book this summer, make it A Moment in the Sun."

The book's author is America's most influential independent filmmaker, John Sayles, who grew up in Schenectady, and who visits the Writers Institute on Monday, Feb. 27th. Two films by Sayles will also be screened as part of our Classic Film Series.

"Sayles has managed to create a work that is both cinematic and literary in its scope and style — a blend so entrancing that you could polish off its 955 pages in one long weekend...."

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