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Taped at Temple Israel, May 13, 2009
Speakers:
Lynne Sharon Schwartz: Author: Not Now, Voyager
running time: 1 hour 4 minutes

Lynne Sharon Schwartz in Not Now, Voyager presents a provocative memoir exploring the meaning of travel—what we seek, what we find, and how we learn about who we really are. Schwartz, who has published critically acclaimed fiction, nonfiction, essays, poetry, and translations from Italian, takes us on a voyage of self-discovery as she traces how travel has shaped her sensibilities from childhood through adulthood. This event was a presentation of the Patron Network of THIRTEEN and WLIW21, in cooperation with The New York Society Library. For more information on the Patron Network and its many benefits for supporters of THIRTEEN and WLIW21 throughout the year, please click here.

Tags: authors, Greece, literature, memoir, non-fiction, Rome, self-discovery, travel

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