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Illinois Libraries Present Matthew Desmond

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2025-05-13 19:00:00 2025-05-13 20:00:00 America/Chicago Illinois Libraries Present Matthew Desmond Join us for a discussion with award-winning author Matthew Desmond. Registrants can watch the virtual event live with a group at the library or attend from the comfort of their own home.  Lemont Public Library - Learning Center

Tuesday, May 13
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-05-13 19:00:00 2025-05-13 20:00:00 America/Chicago Illinois Libraries Present Matthew Desmond Join us for a discussion with award-winning author Matthew Desmond. Registrants can watch the virtual event live with a group at the library or attend from the comfort of their own home.  Lemont Public Library - Learning Center

Lemont Public Library

Learning Center

Join us for a discussion with award-winning author Matthew Desmond. Registrants can watch the virtual event live with a group at the library or attend from the comfort of their own home. 

Matthew Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of the award-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Desmond’s research focuses on poverty in the United States, city life, housing insecurity, public policy, racial inequality, and ethnography. 

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Lemont Public Library District.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Literature / Writing / Publishing |

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