From Maplewood Library:
New York Times reporter, Dan Barry. NYTCREDIT: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Maplewood Library is pleased to announce that the recipient of this year’s Maplewood Literary Award will be Maplewoodian Dan Barry. The award presentation will be part of the Library’s 2016 Ideas Festival, to be held in late March and early April.
Dan Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and reporter for The New York Times and the author of four books, including the forthcoming The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland, set to be released in May 2016.
Barry is currently the “This Land” columnist for the Times, and has reported extensively on many topics, including the World Trade Center disaster and its aftermath and the damage to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He has also been the City Hall bureau chief, the Long Island bureau chief, a sportswriter, a general assignment reporter, and, for three years, the “About New York” columnist – all for the Times.
Barry has also written Pull Me Up: A Memoir; City Lights: Stories About New York, a collection of his “About New York” columns; and Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball’s Longest Game, which received the 2012 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Barry grew up on Long Island and has lived in Maplewood since 1999. He and his wife, Maplewood native Mary Trinity, have two daughters, Nora and Grace.
The Literary Award program will be held at the Main Library on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 2 p.m.. Copies of Barry’s books will be available for sale and signing.
Here’s the Ideas Festival lineup so far!
Saturday, March 19
NJ Maker’s Day at Hilton Branch will offer opportunities for participants to explore digital and hands-on learning experiences. 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
The following programs will take place at the Main Library:
Monday March 21
Tony Award-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz, 7:00 pm
Saturday March 26
Rebecca Blumenstein of the Wall Street Journal in conversation with Ilena Silverman of the New York Times, 2:00 pm
Tuesday March 29
Art & Music reception for quilt artist & CHS art teacher Bisa Butler, 7:00 pm
Thursday March 31
Oscar-nominated film editor Tim Squyres, 7:00 pm
Saturday April 2
Maplewood Literary Award with Dan Barry, 2:00 pm
Monday April 4
Fiddler On the Roof Tony Award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick will be in conversation with cast members of the current production, Adam Dannheisser (Lazar Wolf) and Mitch Greenberg (Yussel and Nachem), 2:00 pm
Dates TBD
Ibtihaj Muhammad, member of the US Fencing Team, CHS graduate and the first Muslim American woman to compete for the US internationally
A visit from Belle and The Beast from the CHS production of Beauty and the Beast
A special sports-themed program with author Marc Aronson
All Ideas Festival events are free and open to the public, and no registration will be required. Check the Library’s website in February for more details.
