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Elaine Newton

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Whistler

Thursday, December 10, 2026, 10am, Daniels Pavilion
Saturday, December 12, 2026, 10am, Hayes Hall
Elaine Newton, Professor Emeritus of Humanities at York University, Toronto

A chance encounter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art reunites a successful young woman with the stepfather she has not seen since childhood. Ann Patchett's Whistler explores the enduring imprint of a brief relationship and decisions that alter a life.

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Kin

Thursday, January 21, 2027, 10am, Daniels Pavilion
Saturday, January 23, 2027, 10am, Hayes Hall
Elaine Newton, Professor Emeritus of Humanities at York University, Toronto

Raised side by side in rural Louisiana, two motherless girls enter adulthood on dramatically different paths. Friendship, chosen family and long-held loyalties are tested against class divisions, racial injustice and a changing American South.

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Culpability

Thursday, February 18, 2027, 10am, Daniels Pavilion
Saturday, February 20, 2027, 10am, Hayes Hall
Elaine Newton, Professor Emeritus of Humanities at York University, Toronto

After a fatal crash involving their self-driving minivan, a family retreats to the Chesapeake Bay carrying secrets of their own. Amid mounting questions of blame and responsibility, human choices and artificial intelligence become increasingly difficult to separate.

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Yesteryear

Thursday, April 8, 2027, 10am, Daniels Pavilion
Saturday, April 10, 2027, 10am, Hayes Hall
Elaine Newton, Professor Emeritus of Humanities at York University, Toronto

In this darkly comic satire, a social media-famous "tradwife" who has built her personal brand around old-fashioned domestic ideals suddenly wakes up in the 1800s. Stripped of modern comforts and influence, she must face the darker realities behind the home life she once idealized.

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Bonnie Garmus

Thursday, February 11, 2027, 7:30 pm, Hayes Hall
Bonnie Garmus, author
Elaine Newton, Professor Emeritus of Humanities at York University, Toronto

Following the success of her award-winning novel Lessons in Chemistry, bestselling author Bonnie Garmus shares insights into her acclaimed debut as well as her new novel, Peck & Peck — and the ideas, characters and humor that color her writing.

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