On Thursday, August 4, Carly Simon will discuss her memoir, “Boys in the Trees,” at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival. WMVY radio host Barbara Dacey will interview Ms. Simon. The series continues the following Sunday, August 7, with Pulitzer prizewinning author Margo Jefferson and a discussion of her bestselling memoir on race, sex, and American culture through the lens of her upbringing in Chicago. Her memoir won the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, and was a New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015. Dawn Davis, vice president and publisher of 37 INK will interview Ms. Jefferson. Last, on Thursday, August 11, Diane Rehm, host of NPR’s “The Diane Rehm Show,” will discuss her memoir, “On My Own.” Author Alexandra Styron will interview Ms. Rehm. All events are at 7:30 pm at the Chilmark Community Center. For more information, visit mvbookfestival.com/authorseries.
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