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Reid Byers on Imaginary Books
November 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST
Sponsored by The Baxter Society
Open to members of FABS Societies: contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org to receive a link.
Reid Byers, the President of the Baxter Society, is the author of The Private Library, listed among the best non-fiction books of 2021 by the Washington Post. At our November meeting, he will speak on his upcoming book and exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York, Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books. The meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on November 13, at Glickman Library in Portland, and on Zoom.
The New York Times said:
This irresistible conceptual-art installation displays meticulously constructed simulacra of books that don’t exist — some because they’ve been lost, others because they never did exist. Look for “Love’s Labour’s Won,” Ernest Hemingway’s first novel, and the “Necronomicon.” (Dec. 5-Feb. 15, 2025; Grolier Club) – Will Heinrich, NY Times, Sept 6, 2024.