Stefanie Peters Returns!
JUST ADDED: Saturday morning hang time with Stefanie at Levengoods of Lancaster, 219 W. Walnut St. at 9:00 AM.
Bagels are on us! Get to know Stefanie, order a cafe drink, and after a season of chit-chat, take a stroll with us (optional) to Nooks Gallery & Book Shop at 112 N. Prince Street.
Sponsored by our Friends, Bruce & Migdalia Gingrich
Why this Forum?
Because we love Stefanie! The last time she spoke, this modest and smart woman of letters brought the house down. We swear, a veritable "Amen Corner" arose as she broke down her task of establishing authorized translations of great American classics.
For those who take books and reading seriously, this fervor is not hard to understand. So, join us this time around to see for yourself!
Peters is an editor and writer who works for one of the coolest American institutions you've possibly never heard of. BUT you've certainly seen their work. Their bold covers with red, white, and blue strips are easily recognized.
Stefanie says:
Burley Coulter, a beloved character in Berry’s Port William novels and stories, memorably says: “The way we are, we are members of each other. All of us. Everything. The difference ain’t in who is a member and who is not, but in who knows it and who don’t.” Burley takes to calling the denizens of Port William, those who act as neighbors to each other, the Membership. But in Berry’s work more broadly, not only in his fiction but in his essays and poetry as well, “membership” has a more all-encompassing meaning, nothing less than humans living in harmony and health with all of Creation, with “its soil, its water, its air, and all the families and tribes of the nonhuman creatures that belong to it.” What does “membership” therefore require of us? What can Berry’s work teach us about being neighbors to our place and to our community?
Library of America "champions our nation’s cultural heritage by publishing America’s greatest writing in authoritative new editions and providing resources for readers to explore this rich, living legacy."
What to Expect
She'll discuss her current editorial relationship with author Wendell Berry and help us understand his worldview. Berry just turned 92, and millions of readers have been affected by his love of words, land, and community for decades. His essays, poems, and novels are only getting more popular as we scratch around for our lost atune-ment to the material world...and our spiritual selves. Maybe you're one of them.
The drinks and grub (no grubs) are on us, perfectly matched to a book fest. Bring your literate and non-literate friends for a real hoedown!
About Stefanie
Stefanie Peters is an Editor at Library of America in New York City, where she has worked to preserve the writings of Wendell Berry, Jonathan Edwards, Margaret Fuller, Ernest Gaines, Madeleine L’Engle, and Ursula K. Le Guin, among others. She earned an MA in English from University College London (UK) and a BA in English from The Ohio State University. Her writing can be found at stefaniepeters.com and stefaniepeters.substack.com.
