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Discussion with Alice Driver (Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company) & Boyce Upholt (The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi).
Alice Driver is a James Beard Award–winning writer and translator from the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. The explosive exposé Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company covers over a decade in the lives of Tyson workers across several plants in Arkansas, offering an inspiring tale of the sacrifice and resilience of the immigrants who prepare our food.
Boyce Upholt is a journalist and essayist whose writing has appeared in The Atlantic, National Geographic, the Oxford American, and Virginia Quarterly Review, among other publications. The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi is a sweeping history that tells the story of the Mississippi River—and the centuries of human meddling that have transformed both it and America.
Moderator: Michael Hibblen
Sponsored by Little Rock Public Radio
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Society & Culture | Science & Nature | Literature & Language | History & Genealogy |
TAGS: | SixBridgesBookFestival | 6B24-7 |
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We're open 9:00AM to 5:30PM
The Ron Robinson Theater is a 315-seat multi-purpose event venue. Part of the Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) Main Library campus, it is designed to provide programs for all ages including films, music performances, plays, readings, lectures, speakers, and children’s activities. The theater is equipped with a state-of-the-art DCI-compliant Barco digital cinema projection system and 32′ wide retractable screen; and, a versatile sound system capable of Dolby 5.1 surround audio for movies, with a CL3 digital mixing console with ample inputs for traditional music concerts.
