Author: Edith Mirante
Thursday, January 15
6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Author: Edith Mirante
The author reads from and discusses "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" her new book of inspiring essays.
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
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Community RoomThe author reads from and discusses "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" her new book of inspiring essays.
This presentation will be livestreamed via the library's YouTube channel.
About the Presentation:
Author/activist Edith Mirante presents her newest book, "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts." Subjects of her inspiring essays include the current war in Myanmar (Burma), ancient Indigenous Moundbuilders, land artist Micheal Heizer, the natural/cultural history of arctic muskoxen, and legendary Japanese-American labor firebrand, Manzanar internee Karl Yoneda.
About the Author:
Edith Mirante is the founder of Project Maje which distributes information on Burma (Myanmar) human rights and environmental issues. She is an artist and the author of two Burma books, "Burmese Looking Glass" and "Down the Rat Hole," as well as "The Wind in the Bamboo" about Black Indigenous Asians. She lives in the Pacific Northwest but grew up in New Jersey, with family ties to Princeton. Her latest book is "Where the Mithuns Are."
Co-presented by the library and Blue Ear Books.
Presented with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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