Sunday Oct 1, 2pm at Alice Austen House Museum, 2 Hylan Blvd, SINY 10305

In his novel True Grit, Charles Portis gives a narrative of female empowerment, the Western Expansion, a girl’s coming of age, and survival in a challenging environment.  Laura Ingalls Wilder explores the same themes, and gives another narrative of survival in Little House on the Prairie and her related novels.

Island writer Eileen Monreale will examine those contrasting narratives of the American experience with Staten Island OutLOUD.  It is fitting that we present this special event at the Alice Austen House Museum, because Alice was a contemporary of Ms. Wilder – and we know that Alice Austen herself was a woman of “true grit”.

We’ll meet in Alice’s bedroom on the second floor of the historic house – It is not often open to the public, and we are pleased that our friends at the Alice Austen House Museum have planned this special visit for us.  Free and open to the public, but we hope you’ll make a contribution to the museum that day.