Where:
Boston Athenæum
10 ½ Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
< 21, Lectures & Conferences, Meetup
Event website:
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/events/4454/outer-beach-thousand-mile-walk-cape-cods-atlantic-shore
To know Cape Cod is to cherish its rich history and revel in its 40 miles of coastline, known as the Outer Beach. Nearly 50 years in the making, "The Outer Beach: A Thousand-Mile Walk on Cape Cod’s Atlantic Shore" is Robert Finch’s poignant tribute to the storied edge of the Cape’s legendary arm. In this lecture, Finch calls upon the literary legacy and history of the Outer Beach to inform a consideration of the strange, mutable nature of time spent near the ocean.
Robert Finch has lived on Cape Cod for more than forty years, currently residing in Wellfleet. He is the author of seven collections of essays, the most recent containing radio scripts from his weekly broadcast, “A Cape Cod Notebook,” on the Cape and Islands NPR station, WCAI.
Registration is not required.
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The Athenæum's five galleried floors overlook the peaceful Granary Burying Ground, and, as Gamaliel Bradford wrote in 1931, "it is safe to say that [no library] anywhere has more an atmosphere of its own, that none is more conducive to intellectual aspiration and spiritual peace." The building was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
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