featuring Salman Rushdie<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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You are cordially invited to attend the Newark Public Library’s Philip Roth Lecture on Thursday, September 27, 2018, with guest lecturer, Salman Rushdie speaking on Philip Roth.<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 27, 2108<\/strong>
\nDoors Open at 5:30pm
\nProgram Begins at 6:30pm
\nReception: 7:30pm<\/p>\n

Main Library<\/strong>
\nCentennial\u00a0Hall
\n5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ<\/p>\n

The first 150 arrivals will be seated in Centennial Hall. Others will be seated in the 2nd Floor Reading Room, where the lecture will be simulcast. The lecture can also be viewed at the following branch locations:<\/p>\n

North End Branch | 722 Summer Avenue, 07104 | 973.733.7766<\/p>\n

Vailsburg Branch | 75 Alexander Street, 07106 | 973.733.7755<\/p>\n

Van Buren Branch | 140 Van Buren Street, 07105 | 973.733.7750<\/p>\n

Weequahic Branch | 355 Osborne Terrace, 07112 | 973.733.7751<\/p>\n

Salman Rushdie<\/strong> is the author of 13 novels including Midnight\u2019s Children, winner of the 1981 Booker Prize and Best of the Booker in 2008, The Satanic Verses, and most recently, The Golden House. He is also the author of a book of stories, East, West, and four works of non-fiction, including his memoir Joseph Anton.<\/p>\n

In honor of Rushdie\u2019s 2018 Philip Roth Lecture at the Newark Public Library on September 27, Audible is offering a free download of Midnight\u2019s Children to all attendees.<\/p>\n

The Philip Roth Lecture Committee<\/strong>
\nAdam Gopnik, journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker<\/em>
\nNicole Krauss, novelist<\/em>
\nDavid Remnick, Editor in Chief of The New Yorker<\/em>
\nBenjamin Taylor, author, most recently, of The Hue and Cry at Our House<\/em>
\nRosemary Steinbaum, NPL Board Representative<\/em>
\nJeffrey Trzeciak, Director, NPL<\/em><\/p>\n

To Register click –\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

P. Roth Lecture Save the Date 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

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featuring Salman Rushdie You are cordially invited to attend the Newark Public Library’s Philip Roth Lecture on Thursday, September 27, 2018, with guest lecturer, Salman Rushdie speaking on Philip Roth. Thursday, September 27, 2108 Doors Open at 5:30pm Program Begins at 6:30pm Reception: 7:30pm Main Library Centennial\u00a0Hall 5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ The first 150… <\/p>\n

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