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Join us for a reading and Q&A with Plainfield author and photographer AgathaO (alter ego of historian Pleun Bouricius).AgathaO will be reading selections from her newly-published collection of essays and photos, "Northern Byways and Other Essays from the Road," a “windshield survey of the lay of the land across the thinly populated expanses that most of us Americans and Canadians profess to love.” She and her travel companion, the Carpenter, bring you along on a journey of discovery of how we have shaped our landscapes, and raises questions about what we are doing with the vast riches we have inherited from our forebears. Bouricius has meticulously documented her online research, and the volume is also a commentary on the value of books, reading, and research in a world where facts are currency and seemingly malleable at the same time. There will be time for conversation and signing to follow the reading.
About the Author: AgathaO is the alter ego of photographer/writer/historian Pleun Bouricius. She is the author of four collections of photographs and short essays, "Northern Highways and Other Essays from the Road" (2024), "Born Wet" (2022), "Beech: The Fall and Rise of a Forest" (2019), and "The Bog" (2017). Pleun is also an independent public historian and the principal of Swift River Press Public History and Communications. Previously, she was Assistant Director of Mass Humanities and Lecturer in History and Literature at Harvard University. She has a BA in history, women’s studies, and photography from Montclair State College, New Jersey, and a PhD, in the History of American Civilization (American Studies), from Harvard University. A full biography can be found at the Swift River Press website. Pleun’s work can be found on her website and AgathaOPhoto on Etsy.
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