{"id":735,"date":"2015-07-22T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/?p=735"},"modified":"2015-07-22T14:00:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T18:00:50","slug":"of-sea-and-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"Of Sea and Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of interest to Long Island readers:<\/span><\/p>\n

Jon Keller speaks about \u201cOf Sea and Cloud\u201d at the Brown Bag Lecture Series Wednesday, August 26 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm<\/p>\n

Location: Main Library<\/p>\n

\"spring<\/a>Nicolas Graves raised his sons to be lobstermen. Bill and Joshua (known as Jonah) Graves grew up aboard their father\u2019s boat\u2013the Cinderella\u2013learning the rules and rites of the antiquated business they love. But when their father is lost at sea and the price of lobster crashes worldwide, Bill and Jonah must decide how much they are willing to risk for their family legacy. Standing against them is Osmond Raymond\u2013former Calvinist minister, mystic, captain of the Sanctity, and their father\u2019s business partner for more than twenty years. Together with his grandson and heir, Julius, Osmond is determined to push the Graves family out of their lobster pound, regardless of the cost or the consequences.<\/p>\n

About the author Jon Keller holds an MFA from Boise State University. After graduate school, he moved to the coast of Maine and spent several years working aboard a lobster boat and writing for a commercial fishing newspaper. He is now a clam digger on the coast of Maine.<\/p>\n

About the Series \u00bb Brown Bag Lecture Series<\/p>\n

Portland Public Library\u2019s Brown Bag Lecture Series features bi-weekly reading and question-and-answer sessions with authors from around the nation as well as those who hail from right here in Maine. All Brown Bag Lectures are free to the public (unless specifically noted as a fundraiser). Because they usually take place over the lunch hour, guests are encouraged to bring their lunch; coffee provided by Coffee By Design. Special thanks to our Brown Bag Lecture Series coffee sponsor, Coffee by Design, and welcome to our new refreshment sponsor, Whole Foods. Books on sale at each lecture courtesy of Longfellow Books, who generously donates a portion of the proceeds to the Portland Public Library. Questions about our Brown Bag Lectures or to be added to our weekly calendar e-mail, please send us an e-mail. – See more at: https:\/\/www.portlandlibrary.com\/events\/jon-keller-speaks-about-of-sea-and-cloud-at-the-brown-bag-lecture-series\/#sthash.dNxM8bML.dpuf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of interest to Long Island readers: Jon Keller speaks about \u201cOf Sea and Cloud\u201d at the Brown Bag Lecture Series Wednesday, August 26 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: Main Library Nicolas Graves raised his sons to be lobstermen. Bill and Joshua (known as Jonah) Graves grew up aboard their father\u2019s boat\u2013the Cinderella\u2013learning the rules and … Continue reading Of Sea and Cloud<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[191,308,309,307,147],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-fiction","tag-john-keller","tag-lobstermen","tag-of-sea-and-cloud","tag-portland-public-library"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}