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SUMMARY:The Weaver Memorial Lecture: An Evening with Percival Everett
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!\n\nCatch the livestream on October 23 
 at 6 p.m. No ticket required. See below for details.\n\nIn collaboration 
 with the Duke Common Experience program\, the Duke University Libraries 
 will host an evening with Percival Everett\, author of James\, winner of 
 the 2024 National Book Award and 2025 Pulitzer Prize\, at 6 p.m. on 
 Thursday\, October 23\, in Page Auditorium.\n\nThe event will be free and 
 open to the public\, but tickets are required for entry. Tickets will be 
 available through the Duke University Box Office starting September 30 for 
 the Duke community\, and October 7 for the general public. \n\nEverett will 
 discuss his bestselling novel\, a satirical reimagining of Mark Twain’s 
 American classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\, told from the 
 enslaved character Jim’s point of view. The book was selected as the Duke 
 Common Experience reading for the incoming Class of 2029.\n\nEverett will 
 be joined on stage in conversation with Deborah F. Rutter\, former 
 president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 
 Washington\, D.C.\, and newly appointed Vice Provost for the Arts at 
 Duke.\n\nEverett’s appearance at Duke will be presented as the Weaver 
 Memorial Lecture\, an endowed speaker series hosted by the Duke University 
 Libraries in memory of William B. Weaver\, a 1972 Duke graduate and former 
 member of the Duke Library Advisory Board. Previous Weaver Lecture speakers 
 have included Barbara Kingsolver\, Oliver Sacks\, Dave Eggers\, 
 Siddhartha Mukherjee\, Doris Kearns Goodwin\, Colson Whitehead\, and Nina 
 Totenberg\, among others. This year’s lecture is co-sponsored by the 
 Office of Undergraduate Education and the Division of Student Affairs\, as 
 part of the Duke Common Experience program.\n\nCopies of James will be 
 available for sale at the event\, and a book signing with the author will 
 follow the talk. The book is also available in print\, e-book\, and 
 audiobook formats through the Duke University Libraries and at your local 
 public library.\n\n\nParking Info\n\nVisitors to campus without a Duke 
 parking permit can park in one of Duke’s visitor parking garages or 
 visitor lots.\n\nParking Garage 4 is the closest visitor parking to Page 
 Auditorium. The event parking rate is $4/hour. Please plan ahead and allow 
 yourself extra time\, as entering and exiting Parking Garage 4 can be 
 time-consuming.\n\nA good alternative is to park in one of Duke’s 
 convenient Blue Spot hourly parking locations ($2/hour) further away and 
 catching the C1 East-West campus bus to the main West Campus bus stop on 
 Abele Quad.\n\n\nWatch the Livestream\n\nThe talk will also be streamed 
 online for those who are unable to attend in person. No ticket required. 
 Visit the Duke Box Office website for the livestream link and tune in at 
 the event start time.
LOCATION:Other (see event description)\, West Campus
ORGANIZER;CN="Duke University Libraries":MAILTO:tcrich@duke.edu
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