Join Pulitzer-nominated writer Franz Douskey in a discussion of his book “Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years” on Wednesday, July 29 from 5:30-7pm. He’ll talk about the fascinating stories told to him by Tony Consiglio, Sinatra’s closest friend. Franz Douskey has been published in hundreds of magazines, and anthologies, including the Nation, the New Yorker and Rolling Stone. His book, “West of Midnight,” was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 2012.
Mr. Douskey has read at the University of Georgia, the Donnell Library (with F. D. Reeve), the Cronkite Graduate Center at Harvard, Yale University, Goddard College, New York University (Albany), University of Arizona, and the New School of Social Research, among others. He occasionally read with Allen Ginsberg, who was a longtime friend and correspondent.
The Danbury Library is located at 170 Main Street in Danbury, CT.