BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscover y.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fro m CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/lakeland-fl/literary.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALDESC:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscove ry.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fr om CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - lakeland-fl (literary) BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Club DTSTART:20260905T140000Z DTEND:20260905T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T000823Z UID:30009726-1788602400-1788606000@kavaculture.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:“Love reading and connecting with like-minded people? Our Sa turday Book Club is for you! Starting at 10am\, we gather to discuss a wid e range of books and ideas in a laid-back\, welcoming setting. Grab your f avorite drink\, settle in\, and let’s get lost in some captivating stori es together.” LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T000823Z LOCATION:Downtown Tampa\, 514 N Franklin St #102\, Tampa\, FL\, 33602\, Un ited States URL:https://kavaculture.com/event/book-club/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:kavaculture.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://kavaculture.com/botanical-brewing-taproom-lakeland END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Story Sprouts DTSTART:20260905T143000Z DTEND:20260905T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061442Z UID:10013163-1788604200-1788606000@explorefcm.org CATEGORIES:family,literary DESCRIPTION:Step into the world of reading with a daily story and fun corr esponding activity! Join us in the Watermelon Seeds Gallery\, in our Fruit Bowl programming area.\nProgram designed for children 12 months to 5 year s old. Focus on early literacy and communication skills. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061442Z LOCATION:Florida Children’s Museum\, 600 Bonnet Springs Blvd\, Lakeland\ , FL\, 33815\, United States URL:https://explorefcm.org/event/story-sprouts/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida Children's Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://explorefcm.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Story Sprouts DTSTART:20260906T143000Z DTEND:20260906T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061442Z UID:10013164-1788690600-1788692400@explorefcm.org CATEGORIES:family,literary DESCRIPTION:Step into the world of reading with a daily story and fun corr esponding activity! Join us in the Watermelon Seeds Gallery\, in our Fruit Bowl programming area.\nProgram designed for children 12 months to 5 year s old. Focus on early literacy and communication skills. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061442Z LOCATION:Florida Children’s Museum\, 600 Bonnet Springs Blvd\, Lakeland\ , FL\, 33815\, United States URL:https://explorefcm.org/event/story-sprouts/2026-09-06/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida Children's Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://explorefcm.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ILE BOOK BINGO GROUP DISCUSSION 2PM & 6PM DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260908 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260909 DTSTAMP:20260901T122735Z UID:10004135-1788825600-1788911999@www.indianlakeestatesinc.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Please read sheet below because ILE Book Discussion Group is g oing to do something very different this year! \nThe discussions will be T uesdays at 2:00pm AND 6:00pm\, on the following dates: \n2025: October 14\ , November 11\, December 9 (BYOB\, discussed below) \n2026: January 13\, F ebruary 17\, March 10\, April 14 LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T122735Z URL:https://www.indianlakeestatesinc.com/event/ile-book-bingo-group-discus sion-2pm-6pm/2026-09-08/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Indian Lake Estates Golf & Country Club X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.indianlakeestatesinc.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetic Adventures at Coach's Corner Kissimmee Fl DTSTART:20260908T220000Z DTEND:20260909T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T121228Z UID:10001476-1788890400-1788901200@flpoets.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Starting September 8th\, Shawn Munoz\, will be Hosting his ver y First Poetry Night. \nLook for it to continue every Tuesday thereafter\, Fellow Poets and Spoken Word Artist Please come and be Heard and share yo ur work. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T121228Z LOCATION:Bok Tower Gardens\, 1151 Tower Blvd\, Lake Wales\, FL\, 33853\, U nited States URL:https://flpoets.org/event/poetic-adventures-at-coachs-corner-kissimmee -fl/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida State Poets Association X-SOURCE-URL:https://flpoets.org/fspa-chapters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Suncoast Writers Guild Poetry Pod by Night DTSTART:20260909T223000Z DTEND:20260909T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260823T170838Z UID:10001205-1788978600-1788982200@flpoets.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Suncoast Writers Guild Poetry Pod by Night meets at 6:30 pm on Zoom\, the second Wednesday of each month.\nWe welcome new members to the evening meeting.\nFor more information\, contact Ann Favreau\, President\ , Suncoast Writers Guild\, Inc. at favra1@comcast.net. LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T170838Z URL:https://flpoets.org/event/suncoast-writers-guild-poetry-pod-by-night/2 026-09-09/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida State Poets Association X-SOURCE-URL:https://flpoets.org/fspa-chapters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Suncoast Writer's Guild Poetry Pod DTSTART:20260911T140000Z DTEND:20260911T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260823T170838Z UID:10000446-1789120800-1789128000@flpoets.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Suncoast Writer’s Guild Poetry Pod meets the 2nd and 4th Fr idays of the month from 10:00 am – noon on Zoom. \nTo observe a Poetry P od meeting or the Suncoast Writers Guild Reading meeting held on the 3rd S aturday of the month from 10 am – noon on Zoom and features our poets\, please contact Ann Favreau at favra1@comcast.net. LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T170838Z URL:https://flpoets.org/event/suncoast-writers-guild-poetry-pod/2026-09-11 / X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida State Poets Association X-SOURCE-URL:https://flpoets.org/fspa-chapters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Club DTSTART:20260912T140000Z DTEND:20260912T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T180822Z UID:30009727-1789207200-1789210800@kavaculture.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:“Love reading and connecting with like-minded people? Our Sa turday Book Club is for you! Starting at 10am\, we gather to discuss a wid e range of books and ideas in a laid-back\, welcoming setting. Grab your f avorite drink\, settle in\, and let’s get lost in some captivating stori es together.” LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T180822Z LOCATION:Downtown Tampa\, 514 N Franklin St #102\, Tampa\, FL\, 33602\, Un ited States URL:https://kavaculture.com/event/book-club/2026-09-12/ X-SOURCE-NAME:kavaculture.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://kavaculture.com/botanical-brewing-taproom-lakeland END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Story Sprouts DTSTART:20260912T143000Z DTEND:20260912T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T181648Z UID:10013170-1789209000-1789210800@explorefcm.org CATEGORIES:family,literary DESCRIPTION:Step into the world of reading with a daily story and fun corr esponding activity! Join us in the Watermelon Seeds Gallery\, in our Fruit Bowl programming area.\nProgram designed for children 12 months to 5 year s old. Focus on early literacy and communication skills. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T181648Z LOCATION:Florida Children’s Museum\, 600 Bonnet Springs Blvd\, Lakeland\ , FL\, 33815\, United States URL:https://explorefcm.org/event/story-sprouts/2026-09-12/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida Children's Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://explorefcm.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Story Sprouts DTSTART:20260913T143000Z DTEND:20260913T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T181648Z UID:10013171-1789295400-1789297200@explorefcm.org CATEGORIES:family,literary DESCRIPTION:Step into the world of reading with a daily story and fun corr esponding activity! Join us in the Watermelon Seeds Gallery\, in our Fruit Bowl programming area.\nProgram designed for children 12 months to 5 year s old. Focus on early literacy and communication skills. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T181648Z LOCATION:Florida Children’s Museum\, 600 Bonnet Springs Blvd\, Lakeland\ , FL\, 33815\, United States URL:https://explorefcm.org/event/story-sprouts/2026-09-13/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida Children's Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://explorefcm.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Story Sprouts DTSTART:20260914T143000Z DTEND:20260914T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T061425Z UID:10013172-1789381800-1789383600@explorefcm.org CATEGORIES:family,literary DESCRIPTION:Step into the world of reading with a daily story and fun corr esponding activity! Join us in the Watermelon Seeds Gallery\, in our Fruit Bowl programming area.\nProgram designed for children 12 months to 5 year s old. Focus on early literacy and communication skills. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T061425Z LOCATION:Florida Children’s Museum\, 600 Bonnet Springs Blvd\, Lakeland\ , FL\, 33815\, United States URL:https://explorefcm.org/event/story-sprouts/2026-09-14/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida Children's Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://explorefcm.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Story Sprouts DTSTART:20260915T143000Z DTEND:20260915T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T061503Z UID:10013173-1789468200-1789470000@explorefcm.org CATEGORIES:family,literary DESCRIPTION:Step into the world of reading with a daily story and fun corr esponding activity! Join us in the Watermelon Seeds Gallery\, in our Fruit Bowl programming area.\nProgram designed for children 12 months to 5 year s old. Focus on early literacy and communication skills. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T061503Z LOCATION:Florida Children’s Museum\, 600 Bonnet Springs Blvd\, Lakeland\ , FL\, 33815\, United States URL:https://explorefcm.org/event/story-sprouts/2026-09-15/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida Children's Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://explorefcm.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:North Florida Poetry Hub Poetry Writer's Workshop DTSTART:20260915T223000Z DTEND:20260916T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260823T170838Z UID:10000805-1789497000-1789502400@flpoets.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Please email Ruth Van Alstine at ruth@northfloridapoetryhub.o rg to receive an invitation with a Zoom meeting link. Please notate: (Put name of the event and date in the subject line) or RSVP on the Jacksonvil le Poetry Meetup events page:  https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-wkhgf lgz/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T170838Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://flpoets.org/event/north-florida-poetry-hub/2026-09-15/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida State Poets Association X-SOURCE-URL:https://flpoets.org/fspa-chapters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New River Poets (Zephyrhills) Meeting DTSTART:20260919T170000Z DTEND:20260919T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260823T170838Z UID:10000264-1789822800-1789833600@flpoets.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:New River Poets meet on the 3rd Saturday of every month 1- 4 P M. LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T170838Z LOCATION:Old Richland Schoolhouse\, 8647 Richland School Rd.\, Zephyrhills \, FL\, 33540\, United States URL:https://flpoets.org/event/new-river-poets-zephyrhills-meeting/2026-09- 19/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida State Poets Association X-SOURCE-URL:https://flpoets.org/fspa-chapters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ancient City Poets (St. Augustine) DTSTART:20260927T183000Z DTEND:20260927T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T001202Z UID:10000143-1790519400-1790526600@flpoets.org CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:Ancient City Poets hosts an open mic on the last Sunday of eve ry month\, at various locations. Check the FB page for the current locatio n. \nThe sign up sheet goes out at 2:30 on the afternoon of the gathering. We turn on the mic at 3:00 p.m. and the facilitator calls up the first 15 names on the list to share up to 5 minutes of material. All meetings are open to the public\, come as you are. \nOur members also participate regul arly in several storytelling events and various poetry outreach events wit h the local St. Johns literary and arts community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T001202Z URL:https://flpoets.org/event/ancient-city-poets-2/2026-09-27/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida State Poets Association X-SOURCE-URL:https://flpoets.org/fspa-chapters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:North Florida Poetry Hub Open Forum Writer's Workshop DTSTART:20261001T223000Z DTEND:20261002T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T001215Z UID:10000746-1790879400-1790884800@flpoets.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Please email Ruth Van Alstine at ruth@northfloridapoetryhub.o rg to receive an invitation with a Zoom meeting link. Please notate: (Put name of the event and date in the subject line) or RSVP on the Jacksonvil le Poetry Meetup events page:  https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-wkhgf lgz/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T001215Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://flpoets.org/event/north-florida-poetry-hub-open-forum-2/2026-1 0-01/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Florida State Poets Association X-SOURCE-URL:https://flpoets.org/fspa-chapters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:An Evening with Cory Doctorow DTSTART:20261006T210000Z DTEND:20261006T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260823T170838Z UID:event-385038 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, October 6\, 5:00-6:30 p.m.\, the Franco Institute will host a free public event with Cory Doctorow in Leighton Auditorium a t the Main Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library (304 S. Main St. \, South Bend\, IN 46601).\nDoctorow will participate in a moderated conve rsation with a Notre Dame faculty member. The event will conclude with a b ook signing.\nCory Doctorow is a science fiction novelist\, journalist and technology activist. A longtime contributor to leading magazines\, websit es and newspapers\, he serves as a special consultant to the Electronic Fr ontier Foundation (eff.org)\, a non-profit civil liberties group defending freedom in technology law\, policy and standards. He holds an honorary do ctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK)\, where he is a Visiting Professor\; he is also affiliated with the MIT Media Lab and the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science as Visiting Professor of Practice. In 2007\, he served as Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Souther n California. He was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantas y Hall of Fame (2020)\, received the Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination in Serv ice to Society Award (2022)\, the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievemen t (2024)\, and in 2025 began his term as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University\, delivering keynotes in Ithaca and New York City.\n His novels\, translated into dozens of languages\, are published by Tor Bo oks (US)\, Head of Zeus\, Titan Books and HarperCollins (UK). He has won t he Locus\, Prometheus\, Copper Cylinder\, White Pine and Sunburst Awards\, and been nominated for the Hugo\, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awar ds. His influence on speculative fiction and digital rights continues to e arn international recognition.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHis recent books include Ens hittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It  (2025)\; Picks & Shovels (2025)\; The Bezzle (2024)\; Red Team Blues (2 023)\; Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin\, 2022)\; and The Intern et Con (2023)\, a definitive work on interoperability and antitrust refor m. Earlier titles include Attack Surface (2020)\, Poesy the Monster Slayer (2020)\, How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism (2020)\, Radicalized (20 19)\, Walkaway(2017) and the YA graphic novel In Real Life (2014). His Ne w York Times bestseller Little Brother (2008) remains a cornerstone of YA dystopian literature and continues to be taught worldwide. Its sequel\, Th e Lost Cause (2023)\, explores climate activism and social change. \nHe publishes daily essays at Pluralistic.net\, examining monopoly power\, dig ital policy and the economics of creativity. He co-founded the open sourc e peer-to-peer company OpenCola and serves on the boards of the Participat ory Culture Foundation\, the Clarion Foundation\, the Open Technology Fund and the Metabrainz Foundation. A sought-after keynote speaker\, Doctorow continues to engage global audiences on platform decay (“enshittificatio n”)\, creative rights and the future of the open internet.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nOriginally published at franco.nd.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T170838Z LOCATION:Leighton Auditorium\, St. Joseph County Library Main Branch URL:https://arts.nd.edu/events/2026/10/06/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Arts at ND X-SOURCE-URL:https://arts.nd.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Asian American Distinguished Speaker Series: A Conversation with Y iyun Li DTSTART:20261006T213000Z DTEND:20261006T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260823T170838Z UID:event-380905 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Photograph of Yiyun Li by Denise J. Applewhite\n\nAdditional d etails and the location will be announced by the fall semester!\nAcclaimed Chinese-born American author Yiyun Li will discuss her career and read fr om her work for the Asian American Distinguished Speaker Series at the Uni versity of Notre Dame on October 6 at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.\nLi\, Princeton University’s Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Creative Writing\, is a former MacArthu r Fellow and a recipient of the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for The Book of Go ose. She won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and th e 2026 Pulitzer Prize for memoir for her 2025 book Things in Nature Merely Grow.\nLi’s visit will coincide with the launch of her novel Music Agai nst the Night (Macmillan Publishers)\, which follows two musicians as they chase their ambitions from Dublin and French India across Europe at the e nd of the eighteenth century.\nAuthor Azareen Van der Vliet Oolomi\, the D orothy G. Griffin College Professor of English and a Liu Institute faculty fellow\, will moderate the event. Her novel Call Me Zebra won the 2019 PE N/Faulkner Award. She is the recipient of a Radcliffe Fellowship\, a Whiti ng Writers Award\, and a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" award. Her short fiction has appeared twice in The Best American Short Stories. \nThe Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies organizes the Asian American Dis tinguished Speaker Series\, which honors innovative\, creative\, and effec tive Asian American leaders and celebrates their contributions.\nLi’s vi sit is generously supported by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies\ , Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Department of English\ , Department of American Studies\, Gender Studies Program\, University Wri ting Center\,  Initiative on Race and Resilience\, and the Institute for Social Concerns.\n\n\n\nAbout the Book\nFigures of the past find new life in Yiyun Li’s thrillingly imagined saga following two musicians as they mature\, study\, travel\, love\, grieve\, and\, above all\, chase their am bitions.\nIn Dublin\, as the eighteenth century nears its end\, a young mu sical virtuoso comes of age. John Field\, an awkward and sensitive child\, is preternaturally gifted\, and his family has visions of him becoming th e next Mozart. His talent takes him far—to England\, France\, and then R ussia\, where he becomes a famous pianist and composes dreamy\, languorous melodies that enchant the night air. John calls them nocturnes\, but the prodigy who immortalizes them is Chopin.\nOceans away in Pondicherry\, in French India\, Adelaide Percheron has a startling rise of her own. Orphane d at a young age\, she is raised by her imperious\, enterprising grandmoth er. Her cousins give her the name Percherette\, an impish reminder that de spite their shared relations\, Adelaide is not one of the crowd\, owing to her parents’ differing ancestry. Without a connection to aristocracy or the luxury of riches\, only marriage seems to offer prosperity—until sh e sets her sights on a pianoforte. Driven by her secret love of music and a desire to see the world\, Percherette engineers her exodus\, escaping to Paris and later to Moscow\, as Napoleon’s army sets out to conquer the continent.Peopled by rival prodigies\, irate tutors\, begrudging guardians \, and the true-to-life masters of the trade\, Yiyun Li’s magisterial\, polyphonic novel depicts two aspiring musicians—destined to be husband a nd wife—in pursuit of success. Their struggles unfold amid political and artistic upheaval and pit them against the forces of their time. As John and Adelaide each try to chart a path between talent and genius\, success and legacy\, profit and passion\, they must decide what\, and even who\, i s worth sacrificing along the way. Drawing inspiration from the past but f inding entirely new forms\, Music Against the Night comes to life with the sweep and dimension of the Romantic era and a deep understanding of the d emands of living and of art.\nCover art and text from MacMillan Publishers .\nAbout the Speaker\nYiyun Li is the author of twelve books\, including T hings in Nature Merely Grow\; Wednesday's Child\; The Book of Goose\; Wher e Reasons End\; Dear Friend\, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life\; a nd Tolstoy Together\, 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. Li’s honors and awards include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a W indham Campbell Prize\, the John Guare Writers Fund Rome Prize Fellowship\ , a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal\, a 2023 International Writer Award from th e Royal Society of Literature\, the 2021 Literature Award from the America n Academy of Arts and Letters\, the Benjamin H. Dank Award from the Americ an Academy of Arts and Letters\, the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award\, the PEN/Faulkner Award\, the PEN/Jean Stein Award\, the PEN/Malamud Award\ , the PEN/Hemingway Award\, the Guardian First Book Award\, the Asian Amer ican Literary Award for fiction\, and others. In 2026\, Li was named to th e TIME 100 List of Most Influential People. She is a member of both the Am erican Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and L etters. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers\, an independent film directed by Wayne Wang and adapted by Li from her short story\, was the winner of Gol den Shell for best film\, 55th San Sebastian International Film Festival. She currently serves as the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities a nd Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton University.\n\nFor the Chine se-born American writer Yiyun Li\, fiction can be a way to retrieve memory \, to escape circumstance\, or to reclaim one’s consciousness from the i nfluence of others. Her books\, which include five acclaimed novels\, two short story collections\, and two books of nonfiction\, are richly observe d\, and deeply felt.\nLi’s memoir Things in Nature Merely Grow explores the loss of her sons Vincent and James. Harper’s Magazine calls it “Po ignant ... Halting\, haunted.” Things in Nature Merely Grow was a New Yo rk Times Notable Book of the year\, a Washington Post 2025 Notable Work of Nonfiction\, was #2 on Time’s list of The 10 Best Books of 2025\, was w inner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction\, a finali st for the National Book Award for Nonfiction\, and the National Book Crit ics Circle selected it for their 2025 Longlist for Autobiography. Her coll ection of short stories Wednesday’s Child\, was named a Best Book of 202 3 by the Los Angeles Times\, Vulture\, Esquire\, NPR\, and Kirkus which ca lled it “Quiet\, beautiful accounts of journeys through hell.”\nHer no vel\, The Book of Goose\, won the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It tells of two girls raised in the French countryside following WWII. In its starred reviewThe New York Times Book Reviews noted: “Li [is] one of ou r finest living authors: Her elegant metaphysics never elide the blood and maggots.” The Book of Goose was named a Best Book of the Year by the Lo s Angeles Times\, The New Yorker\, The Guardian\, Financial Times\, San Fr ancisco Chronicle\, TIME\, Slate\, NPR\, Kirkus\, Buzzfeed\, and others.\n Li’s earlier novels have been similarly praised. Gish Jen described Must I Go as “… wisdom literature for our time.” Where Reasons End\, win ner of the PEN/Jean Stein Award\, was also named one of the ten best ficti on books of the year by The New York Times\, NPR\, The Guardian\, and The Paris Review. Andrew Sean Greer called it\, “The most intelligent\, insi ghtful\, heart-wrenching book of our time.” Li’s earlier novels includ e Kinder Than Solitude\, and The Vagrants. In his New York Times review of The Vagrants\, Pico Iyer characterized it as an instance of "American sto ries that are World stories".\nLi grew up under Communist austerity\, wher e she had a fierce appetite for stories and never felt there was enough to read – despite absorbing the works of Tolstoy\, Turgenev\, and other Ru ssian writers. Li is the primary contributor to Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace\, a collective conversation with readers from around the world. The Boston Globe called it “An arrestingly lucid\, intellectually vital series of contemplations on art\, identity\, and depression.”\nLi is the recipient of 2021 Literature Award from the American Academy of Ar ts and Letters\, as well as a Whiting Award\, MacArthur Fellowship\, Gugge nheim Fellowship\, the PEN/Malamud Award\, Princeton University's Howard T . Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities\, the Roya l Society of Literature’s International Writers Award for 2023\, and the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction given by the Amer ican Library Association. In 2026 she was named one of the 100 most influe ntial people in the world by Time Magazine. She is a member of the America n Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Academy of Art s and Letters. She judged the Man Booker International Prize\, in its firs t incarnation as a prize for a body of work\, in 2013 and later served as a judge for the Booker Prize 2024. Her books have been translated into mor e than twenty languages.\nOriginally published at asia.nd.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T170838Z LOCATION:Eck Visitors Center Auditorium URL:https://arts.nd.edu/events/2026/10/06/asian-american-distinguished-spe aker-series-with-yiyun-li/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Arts at ND X-SOURCE-URL:https://arts.nd.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:North Pole Express: Air Mail Edition DTSTART:20261211T220000Z DTEND:20261212T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260823T170843Z UID:93286-1797008400-1797019200@aceedu.org CATEGORIES:family,holiday,literary DESCRIPTION:North Pole Express: Air Mail Edition is a holiday event for th e whole family! Begin the evening with a reading of the classic children ’s story “Polar Express” then board our Boeing 727 for a “flight ” to deliver your personal letter to Santa at the North Pole. Once you ’ve “landed”\, enjoy some hot chocolate and cookies while watching S anta circle the globe in our Science on a Sphere laboratory. \n\n\n\n\n3 b oardings per day\, 5:00 pm\, 6:00 pm or 7:00 pm (45-60 minute experience)\ n\n\n\nArrive at the Florida Air Museum\n\n\n\nPajamas encouraged\n\n\n\nD on’t forget your letter to Santa!\n\n\n\nGather for a reading of “Pola r Express” and board North Pole Express Airways for a “flight” to th e North Pole\n\n\n\nTake a selfie from the cockpit with a special guest\n\ n\n\nReturn to the Florida Air Museum and enjoy hot chocolate\, cookies\, and Christmas music while watching Santa circle the globe.\n\n\n\nTake hom e a special gift\n\n\n\nOne ticket per person (adults and children*)*Child ren 2 years of age and younger are considered a lap child and do not need a ticket. Limit of one lap child per adult.\n\n\n\n\nNorth Pole Express ti ckets go on sale in September! \n\n\n\nWant to see Santa? Take a look at o ur Flight Before Christmas event on December 5\, 2026! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n No Caption \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n No Caption \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n No Caption \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n No Capti on \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n No Caption \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n No Caption LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T170843Z URL:https://aceedu.org/event-calendar/north-pole-express-air-mail-edition/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Aerospace Center For Excellence X-SOURCE-URL:https://aceedu.org/event-calendar/kids-museum-day-3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:North Pole Express: Air Mail Edition DTSTART:20261212T220000Z DTEND:20261213T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260823T170843Z UID:93288-1797094800-1797105600@aceedu.org CATEGORIES:family,holiday,literary DESCRIPTION:North Pole Express: Air Mail Edition is a holiday event for th e whole family! Begin the evening with a reading of the classic children ’s story “Polar Express” then board our Boeing 727 for a “flight ” to deliver your personal letter to Santa at the North Pole. Once you ’ve “landed”\, enjoy some hot chocolate and cookies while watching S anta circle the globe in our Science on a Sphere laboratory. \n\n\n\n\n3 b oardings per day\, 5:00 pm\, 6:00 pm or 7:00 pm (45-60 minute experience)\ n\n\n\nArrive at the Florida Air Museum\n\n\n\nPajamas encouraged\n\n\n\nD on’t forget your letter to Santa!\n\n\n\nGather for a reading of “Pola r Express” and board North Pole Express Airways for a “flight” to th e North Pole\n\n\n\nTake a selfie from the cockpit with a special guest\n\ n\n\nReturn to the Florida Air Museum and enjoy hot chocolate\, cookies\, and Christmas music while watching Santa circle the globe.\n\n\n\nTake hom e a special gift\n\n\n\nOne ticket per person (adults and children*)*Child ren 2 years of age and younger are considered a lap child and do not need a ticket. Limit of one lap child per adult.\n\n\n\n\nNorth Pole Express ti ckets go on sale in September! \n\n\n\nWant to see Santa? Take a look at o ur Flight Before Christmas event on December 5\, 2026! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n No Caption \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n No Caption \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n No Caption \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n No Capti on \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n No Caption \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n No Caption LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T170843Z URL:https://aceedu.org/event-calendar/north-pole-express-air-mail-edition- 2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Aerospace Center For Excellence X-SOURCE-URL:https://aceedu.org/event-calendar/kids-museum-day-3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR