PAPERCUTS PRESENTS: Nina MacLaughlin
When:
Friday, Dec 01, 2023 6:30p -
8:00p
Friday, Dec 01, 2023 6:30p -
8:00p
Where:
Papercuts Bookshop
60 South Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Rainy Day Ideas, Seasonal
Event website:
https://www.papercutsjp.com/events
Celebrate Winter with Nina MacLaughlin's gorgeous essay Winter Solstice, a delightful celebration of what Winter means; waning light and the season of stillness. “Winter tells us,” Nina MacLaughlin says, “more than petaled spring, or hot-grassed summer, or fall with its yellow leaves, that we are mortal. In the frankness of its cold, in the mystery of its deep-blue dark, the place in us that knows of death is tickled, focused, stoked." This essay explores Winter both as a season and in human tradition-- think Yule logs and hot chocolate, sledding and gifts, a variety of delightful insights.
“Nina MacLaughlin returns to celebrate the winter solstice, and delivers a most sensual hymn and harbor for the human ability to feel our way through the darkness towards wise, unexpected connections. This ethereal collection offers us a candle at night—it’s an astonishing gift.”
—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
“Nina MacLaughlin stands shoulder to shoulder with such writers as José Emilio Pacheco and Fleur Jaeggy. In Winter Solstice we are invited into the impending dark, guided through our own, and in the end given just enough light to survive. MacLaughlin’s meditation is both universal and uncommonly distinct. An immense joy to read, Winter Solstice is not so much an essay as it is a vision.”
—Matthew Dickman, author of Husbandry
This is not the first time Nina MacLaughlin has written on seasons and solstices... her essay, Summer Solstice, is a wonderful companion that celebrates the dead heat of Summer, ripe tomatoes and charcoal grills, melted asphalt and sweat.
“Nina MacLaughlin’s keepsake of summer illuminates the ephemeral moments and eternal moods of the season that’s always gone too soon, even as it lingers in memory—just like her lovely prose. ”
—James Mustich, 1,000 Books To Read Before You Die
We are beyond excited to have Nina MacLaughlin in the store! She is an absolute treasure, and we hope to see you there!Free and open to all! Seating is limited.
