Author Talk: Heather Abel and Lauren Acampora

Join us in welcoming authors Heather Abel and Lauren Acampora to the Library, who will discuss their recent works: Heather Abel is the author of two novels, The Emilys (published June 2026) and The Optimistic Decade. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, the Los Angeles Times, Oprah Daily, and the Paris Review among other places. She lives in Northampton, MA with her family and teaches creative writing at Smith College. "The Emilys is a capacious, profound book about how love