Solitude Social Club: A Bookish Happy Hour with Lisa Lucas
Solitude Social Club is Hugo HouseāsĀ offeringĀ toĀ readers and writers seekingĀ connectionĀ duringĀ theĀ socialĀ quarantine.Ā
Each week weāll bring a guest writer to share a drink and discuss how theyāre finding happiness through art and literature in these distancing times.Ā After the conversation, weāll break out into smaller groups and get to know one another.Ā
RSVP at the “Tickets” link to join the ZoomĀ conversation, or find us streaming on Facebook Live.Ā
All events happen at 5 p.m. PST / 8 p.m. EST.Ā
Lisa Lucas is the incoming senior vice president & publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books at Penguin Random House, and the current executive director of the National Book Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as the publisher of Guernica, a nonprofit online magazine focusing on writing that explores the intersection of art and politics with an international and diverse focus. Prior to that, she served as director of education at the Tribeca Film Institute, on the development team at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and as a consultant for the Sundance Institute, San Francisco Film Society, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and ReelWorks Teen Filmmaking. Lucas also serves on the literary council of the Brooklyn Book Festival. Find her on Twitter at @likaluca.
