For a special pre-Father's Day program, veteran Lunch With Books presenter David Giffels with return virtually to talk about his 2018 memoir. In "Furnishing Eternity: A Father, a Son, a Coffin, and a Measure of Life," published by Scribner in 2018, the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose confronts mortality, survives loss, and finds resilience through an unusual woodworking project—constructing, with his father, his own coffin.
The book has been hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “tender, witty and ... painstakingly and subtly wrought,” and by Kirkus Reviews as “a heartfelt memoir about the connection between a father and son.” It was a Book of the Month pick by Amazon and Powell’s and a New York Times Book Review “Editors’ Choice.”
This program will be available to watch live on our Facebook page, our YouTube channel, and on the OCPL website's LWB Livestream page.
SPEAKER BIO: Giffels is a former Akron Beacon Journal columnist. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic.com, Parade, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire.com, Grantland.com, The Iowa Review, and many other publications. He also wrote for the MTV series Beavis and Butt-Head.
His awards include the Cleveland Arts Prize for literature, the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, and a General Excellence award from National Society of Newspaper Columnists. He was selected as the Cuyahoga County Public Library Writer in Residence for 2018-2019.
Giffels is a professor of English at the University of Akron, where he teaches creative nonfiction in the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts Program.
"Lunch With Books" is the library’s flagship program for adult patrons. These lunchtime programs feature authors, poets, musicians, historians, and more every Tuesday at noon. Complimentary beverages are provided. Bring your lunch, feed your brain!
© Copyright 2024 Ohio County Public Library. All Rights Reserved. Website design by TSG. Powered by SmartSite.biz.