Northern Byways and Other Essays From The Road
Thursday, August 22 from 7 – 8 PM
Community Meeting Room, Main Library, 40 Washington St.
Join us as we welcome Plainfield author and photographer AgathaO (alter ego of historian Pleun Bouricius). She will be reading selections from her newly-published collection of essays and photos, Northern Byways and Other Essays from the Road, a “windshield survey of the lay of the land across the thinly populated expanses that most of us Americans and Canadians profess to love.” She and her travel companion, the Carpenter, bring you along on a journey of discovery of how we have shaped our landscapes, and raises questions about what we are doing with the vast riches we have inherited from our forebears.
Bouricius has meticulously documented her online research, and the volume is also a commentary on the value of books, reading, and research in a world where facts are currency and seemingly malleable at the same time. There will be time for conversation and signing to follow the reading.