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Start: 2:00 pm
Join us in welcoming Nat Benchley who will be discussing and signing his book THE LOST ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE. Nat Benchley is a New York City actor and writer. He wrote and produced a one-man show about his grandfather, "Benchley Despite Himself."
In Jazz Age New York City, no literary lights burned more brightly than those of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. Now between covers for the first time is a collection of writings by 16 members of the group, an all-star gathering that took 90 years to come together. Many of these pieces have never been published before. These selections were plucked from private family collections and "lost" pieces from obscure periodicals including humor pieces, criticism, short fiction, journalism, and poetry edited by Nat Benchley and Kevin C. Fitzpatrick.
"The Algonquin was a refuge for the brightest authors, editors, critics, columnists, directors, producers and actors of the times. The dining-room corner was a notbed of raconteurs and conversationalists." --Harpo Marx
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