MacTrump - Book Launch Party 10/3

Celebrate the release of MacTrump with authors Ian Doescher and Jacopo della Quercia. For readers craving a humorous antidote to the sound and the fury of American politics, this clever satire, written in iambic pentameter in the style of Shakespeare, wittily fictionalizes the events of the first two years of the Trump administration.

On Thursday, October 3, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., authors Ian Doescher and Jacopo della Quercia will celebrate the publication of MacTrump: A Shakespearean Tragicomedy of the Trump Administration, Part I (Quirk Books, October 1, 2019) at the National Register-listed University Club of Albany, 141 Washington Avenue.

For readers craving a humorous antidote to the sound and the fury of American politics, this clever satire, written in iambic pentameter in the style of Shakespeare, wittily fictionalizes the events of the first two years of the Trump administration.

The event benefits the University Club of Albany Foundation, a 501c3 corporation, and the suggested donation is $5. The evening begins with a networking reception with light fare and cash bar at 5:30 p.m. followed by a talk at 6:00 p.m. with time for a question and answer period. Books will be available for sale and signing, courtesy of The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza.

Ian Doescher is the New York Times best-selling author of William Shakespeare’s Star Wars� and the Pop Shakespeare series. A Portland, Oregon native, he lives in Portland with his spouse and two children. He has a B.A. in Music from Yale University, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary. Ian is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He is currently the Director of Creative Services at Pivot, a marketing agency in Portland.

Jacopo Della Quercia is the pseudonym of Albany resident and former Obama staffer Giacomo Calabria. His previous books include License to Quill (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015) and The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2014). He has been a teaching scholar for Humanities New York since 2015 on a variety of topics including: Machiavelli’s The Prince; Presidential Campaigns: An Election-Year History; Women’s Suffrage: A Documented History; and The Narrative in Medical Art & Literature. He will lead a 4-part discussion of Dante’s Inferno at the University Club later this fall.

The event is presented by the University Club of Albany Foundation with support from the NYS Writers Institute and one need not be a member of the Club to attend. Reservations are required and may be made by calling the Club at 518-463-1151; at mfahy@universityclubalbany.com; or on the Club’s website at www.universityclubalbany.com.

The University Club of Albany Foundation was created in 2009 to recognize and maintain the unique historic and architectural significance of University Club building, its historic neighborhood and the city of Albany, where it has been located since its inception in 1901.

For more information about the University Club, visit www.universityclubalbany.com.