Penn Yan Public Library invites you to join critical explorations of critical books, a few chapters at a time. This year\u2019s pick is A PARADISE BUILD IN HELL: THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITIES THAT ARISE IN DISASTER by Rebecca Solnit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A PARADISE BUILT IN HELL is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster’s grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become – one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local\u201d (publisher).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will read this book in small parts starting April 6, meeting on the first and third Mondays of each month to discuss what we\u2019ve learned and what the text has raised in us.\u00a0 For this session, please read all of part 4, \u201cThe City Transfigured: New York in Grief and Glory.\u201d\u00a0 Copies of the book are currently available for purchase at Long\u2019s Cards & Books, as well as by request through the Southern Tier Library System.\u00a0 To register for this virtual series, please visit https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4d8dtsnz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Penn Yan Public Library invites you to join critical explorations of critical books, a few chapters at a time. This year\u2019s pick is A PARADISE BUILD IN HELL: THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITIES THAT ARISE IN DISASTER by Rebecca Solnit. \u201cThe most<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"America\/New_York","_EventStartDate":"2026-05-18 18:00:00","_EventEndDate":"2026-05-18 19:00:00","_EventStartDateUTC":"2026-05-18 22:00:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2026-05-18 23:00:00","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"prefix","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[72],"class_list":["post-3773311","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-adult-events-online","cat_adult-events-online"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3773311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3773311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3773738,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3773311\/revisions\/3773738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3773311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3773311"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftribe_events_cat&post=3773311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}