Students from Open Doors English: The Julie Rudd Coulombe Language Program will be reading and telling stories in their first languages and English. Paris Duong, from Vietnam, reading Mary Oliver's 'Percy Wakes Me (Fourteen)' Andres Calle, from Colombia, reading Sylvia Plath's 'Mad Girl's Love Song' Ariel Huserman, from Chile, reading an excerpt from Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaiden's Tale' Rumki Chowdhury, from India, reading an except from George Saunder's 'Lincoln in the Bardo' Sunmi Lee, from S. Korea, reading 'Poor Little Heart' by Emily Dickinson Marlis Linsbauer, from Austria, reading James Wright's 'Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota And Miao-Shian Hsieh will be reading in-person at the Library from 4:30-5:00pm! Open Doors English empowers adult English language learners in Ithaca and Tompkins County to live fuller lives through affordable, comprehensive English Language (ESL) classes. If you would like to contribute to this read, you can make a donation now. Thank you for supporting our library and helping our community to keep growing and learning. Sponsored by Visions Federal Credit Union