BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hugo House - ECPv6.3.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Hugo House X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hugohouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hugo House REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201002T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201002T170000 DTSTAMP:20240328T101210 CREATED:20200827T081100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T081100Z UID:249745-1601658000-1601658000@hugohouse.org SUMMARY:Novel Nights: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff DESCRIPTION:Join us for our fall fundraiser\, Novel Nights! At this event\, author Matt Ruff will speak about his book\, Lovecraft Country\, and its transition to screen (now an HBO series) with fellow writer Garth Stein. This event will be held virtually. \nTickets: \n\n$25 for general admission\n$75 for admission plus a signed copy of the book\n\nThis event takes place in Pacific Time. Tickets can be purchased at the bottom of the page. \n\nAbout Lovecraft Country\n\nChicago\, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing\, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him\, accompanied by his Uncle George—publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide—and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite—heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’s ancestors—they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours. \nAt the manor\, Atticus discovers his father in chains\, held prisoner by a secret cabal named the Order of the Ancient Dawn—led by Samuel Braithwhite and his son Caleb—which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his—and the whole Turner clan’s—destruction. \nA chimerical blend of magic\, power\, hope\, and freedom that stretches across time\, touching diverse members of two black families\, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism—the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today. \n\nAbout the Author\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatt Ruff was born in New York City in 1965. He is the author of seven novels\, including Fool on the Hill\, Bad Monkeys\, Set This House in Order\, The Mirage\, and Sewer\, Gas & Electric. His 2016 novel Lovecraft Country has been adapted as an HBO series by Jordan Peele\, Misha Green\, and J.J. Abrams. His latest novel\, 88 Names\, was published by HarperCollins on March 17\, 2020.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Novel Nights\n\nPart book club\, part celebration: a novel approach to the literary salon. \n\nWe write because we were readers first—and our love of reading great literature is what sustains us through long\, lonely hours at the writing desk. \nBut books don’t exist only in the solitude of our minds; they come alive in the conversations we have about them. \nAt Novel Nights\, you’ll delve into the depths of books in the company of fellow book-lovers and friends—all while supporting Hugo House. To see a full list of all the Novel Nights events or buy a series pass\, click here. \nNovel Nights is sponsored by Anne and Geof Barker\, DeNoma Literary Services\, and The Elliott Bay Book Company. URL:https://hugohouse.org/event/novel-nights-lovecraft-country-by-matt-ruff/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR