Andersonville's Women & Children First, will feature translator Mary Beth Raycraft on June 16th at 7:30 PM reading from her recently released A Parisienne in Chicago: Impressions of the World's Columbian Exposition by Madame Léon Grandin.
Madame Léon Grandin was a Parisian writer and the wife of a prominent sculptor commissioned to work on the World's Columbian Exhibition fountain. Mary Beth Raycraft is a senior lecturer in French in the Department of French and Italian at Vanderbilt University
Women & Children First, established in 1979, is one of the largest feminist bookstore in the country. The store boasts more than 30,000 books by and about women, children's books for all ages, and the best of lesbian and gay fiction and non-fiction. For more information about the store and the June 16th Parisienne in Chicago event:
Women & Children First
5233 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640
Tel: 773.769.9299 Fax: 773.769.6729
wcfbooks@gmail.com
Recommended reading: Exploring Madame Grandin’s Chicago
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