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Visiting Writers: John Vercher

Wednesday, November 06, 2024 @ 4:30pm



Monmouth University - The Great Hall
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764

John’s debut novel, Three-Fifths, was named one of the best books of 2019 by the Chicago Tribune. In the U.K., Three-Fifths was named a Book of the Year by The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, and The Guardian. His second novel, After the Lights Go Out, was published by Soho Press. It’s been called “simply brilliant” by Publishers Weekly in a starred review, “shrewd and explosive” by The New York Times, and was named an Editors’ Choice in Adult Fiction for 2022 by Booklist. His third novel, Devil Is Fine has received starred reviews from Booklist and BookPage, was named a Best New Book of the Summer by TIME Magazine and The Root, an Indie Next pick for July, and one of the Top Ten Books to Add to Your Reading List in June by the Los Angeles Times. Additionally, Devil is Fine was a June book pick by The Center for Fiction, one of the 12 Must-Read Books of June by The Chicago Review of Books, a Book of the Day for July by NPR, and was featured on NPR’s It’s Been A Minute.




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(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton Symphony Orchestra's (PSO's) Soundtracks Series returns to Princeton Public Library on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 7:00pm with a special storytelling session for grown-ups and older children featuring Maria LoBiondo. Ms. LoBiondo offers a delightful retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and invites you to explore its meaning as a preview to Dobrinka Tabakova's orchestral work Orpheus' Comet, to be performed on the PSO's season-opening concert. The presentation is free and open to the public.



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Middletown Arts Center presents the Holiday Antique, Vintage, & Collectibles Marketplace

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Morven Museum & Garden's Festival of Trees Celebrates 20th Anniversary

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