Author Talk: Caitlin Shetterly
Event Date:
Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 6:30pm
Address
Prince Memorial Library
266 Main Street
Cumberland, ME
04021
United States
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Author Talk: Caitlin Shetterly
Thursday, May 11th at 6:30pm (Prince Memorial Library)
Thursday, May 11th at 6:30pm (Prince Memorial Library)
Prince Memorial Library is pleased to host Caitlin Shetterly on Thursday, May 11, at 6:30 p.m. She will read from and discuss Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future, one of the best books of 2016 according to Publishers Weekly.
GMO products are among the most consumed and the least understood substances in the United States today. They appear not only in the food we eat but also in everything from the interior coating of paper coffee cups and medicines to diapers and toothpaste. An expansion of Shetterly's viral Elle article " The Bad Seed," Modified delves deep into the heart of the matter, from the cornfields of Nebraska to the beekeeping conventions in Brussels, to shine a light on the people, the science, and the corporations behind the food we serve ourselves and our families every day.
Caitlin Shettery is the author of Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home and the bestselling Fault Lines: Stories of Divorce. Her work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Elle, and Self, and on Oprah.com and Medium.com. She has appeared on This American Life and various other public radio shows and lives with her family in Yarmouth.
The Author Talk is part of a monthly series featuring local authors who discuss their latest book, their inspiration and the writing process. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact the library at 829-2215.