Hemingway, A. A. Milne, and Langston Hughes fans to vote on the best book of 1926 tomorrow in Boston library’s annual event

Hilary Justice, the Patrick and Carol T. Hemingway Scholar-in-Residence at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, will argue for Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” the author’s first full novel. Writer-performer-educator Regie Gibson, the Commonwealth's first poet laureate, will champion Langston Hughes’s debut poetry collection, “The Weary Blues.” And Jackie C. Horne, a professor of children’s literature at Simmons University, will make the case for the enduring classic, “Winnie-the-Pooh,” by A.A. Milne.

After each advocate makes the case for their best book of 1926, whether on literary, historical, or cultural merits, moderator Kennedy Elsey will elicit audience questions and a lively debate among the experts. At the end of the evening, a vote is taken by audience members — both those attending in person and those taking it in via Zoom can enter their vote via a QR code — and a winner, announced.

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