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URL:https://www.betterkenmore.org/events/author-talk-akron-native-robert-s
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Akron Native Robert Scott Ross
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                     \n                                \nRobert Ross discus
 ses his new novel "Revival" about a scheming preacher's 1984 Akron tent re
 vival where desperate locals converge chasing redemption—but find someth
 ing far more shocking.\n\n                                                
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                   \nRobert Scott Ross\, an Akron native\, attended Rimer E
 lementary\, Innes Middle School\, and St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. He
  is dean of libraries at Ohio University and holds an MFA in creative writ
 ing from the University of New Orleans.\n\n"Revival" synopsis:\n\n"By the 
 summer of 1984\, televangelism has driven religious revivals to the brink 
 of extinction. Struggling to make ends meet\, charismatic preacher Elliot 
 Prescott Chipps and his troupe of traveling revival performers will do any
 thing to fill their collection plates. Putting down stakes in Akron\, Ohio
 \, the revival draws desperate and curious locals with its exotic music\, 
 acts of healing\, and promise of eternal salvation. But Chipps\, dissatisf
 ied with the pittance of tithes\, has a bigger score in mind.\n\nOver the 
 course of five days\, a bewildered boy\, a pool-hustling alcoholic\, a del
 uded beard\, an unstable pianist\, a deadbeat dad\, a jilted young woman\,
  a lovelorn local pastor\, an estranged singer\, and a nihilistic conman c
 onverge under the revival’s golden tent seeking something they’ve lost
 . What they’ll find is a revelation none of them could have foreseen."- 
 Amazon\n\nA book sale and signing will follow the reading and discussion. 
LOCATION:Kenmore Branch Library\, 969 Kenmore Blvd\, Akron\, OH 44314\, USA
 \, United States
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