About this Event
Join us on Friday, Sept 20th, @6pm! Symposium Books will be hosting a graphic novel event with two talented authors and artists. Leela Corman, creator of "Victory Parade" will be joined by Solomon Brager, of "Heavyweight". Both these stories delve into family, culture, and history. Following their discussion, Leela and Solomon will open up for questions.
About "Victory Parade": One of a group of women working as welders in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Rose Arensberg has fallen in love with a disabled veteran while awaiting the return of her husband, Sam, a soldier in the American army serving in Europe. As we follow the bittersweet, heartbreaking stories of Rose and her fellow Rosie-the-Riveters, we're immersed in the day-to-day challenges of life on the home front as seen through the eyes of these resilient women, as well as through the eyes of Eleanor, Rose’s impressionable young daughter, and Ruth, the German Jewish refugee Rose has taken into their home.
About "Heavyweight": Alongside the Levis’ propulsive journey across Europe and to the United States, Brager distills fascinating research about the Holocaust and connected periods of colonial history. Heavyweight asks us to consider how the patterns of history emerge and reverberate, not as a simple chain of events but in haunting layers. Confronting the specters of violence as both historian and descendent, this book is an exploration of family mythology, intergenerational memory, and the mark the past makes on the present.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Symposium Books, 240 Westminster Street, Providence, United States
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