Restless Spirit:  The Life of Lafcadio Hearn

About this event

Steven Kemme, author of The Outsider: The Life and Work of Lafcadio Hearn will be in conversation at the Downtown Main Library discussing the life and writing of Lafcadio Hearn. Hearn, the noted journalist, author, educator, translator, and interpreter of Japanese life and culture spent nearly a decade living in 1870's Cincinnati. Though not as prominent in American memory, he was in company with Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain as one of 19th century America's most celebrated writers. In addition to his work on Lafcadio Hearn, Steven Kemme is a retired news and feature reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer, and serves as President of the Lafcadio Hearn Society/USA.