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 apital-region/
SUMMARY:Author Tracy Kidder Comes to the Capital Region
DESCRIPTION:NYS Writers Institute to host Tracy Kidder\, author of 'Rough S
 leepers'\nUnity House is among the co-sponsors of a public discussion betw
 een WAMC's Joe Donahue and Tracy Kidder\, an author who wrote a book about
  people who are homeless\, a condition sometimes described as\, sleeping r
 ough.\n\nWhen: 7 p.m. Wednesday\, March 20\, 2024\nWhere: Page Hall\, UAlb
 any Downtown Campus\n135 Western Avenue\, Albany NY 12203\nFree parking. F
 ree and open to the public.\n\n\nThis event is made by possible by the NYS
  Writer's Institute at SUNYA\, with sponsorship support from The Community
  Foundation for the Greater Capital Region\, Catholic Charities of the Dio
 cese of Albany\, The Homeless and Travelers Aid Society\, MVP Health Care\
 , and Unity House of Troy\, Inc.\nAbout the Author\nTracy Kidder\, "a mast
 er of the nonfiction narrative" (Baltimore Sun)\, presents his new book R
 ough Sleepers (2023)\, the story of Dr. Jim O'Connell\, a graduate of Har
 vard Medical School\, who invented an unprecedented “community of care
 ” for Boston's unhoused population.The author of classic works of nonfic
 tion\, including Mountains Beyond Mountains (2003)\, and The Soul of a 
 New Machine (1981)\, Kidder spent five years following Dr. O’Connell an
 d his colleagues as they navigated the city streets at night\, working wit
 h thousands of unhoused patients. This magnificent\, deeply researched\, a
 nd inspiring book explores how one doctor has changed countless lives by f
 acing one of American society’s most shameful problems\, instead of look
 ing away.
CATEGORIES:Awareness
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