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Author, ISS Alumnus Draw Crowd Green Brothers Bring Tour to School’s Writers Series
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he Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series in partnership with BooksA-Million welcomed New York Times best-selling author and ISS alumnus John Green and his brother Hank Green as part of Tour de Nerdfighting 2012, a multimedia reading/performance celebrating the release of John’s new book, “The Fault in Our Stars.” The event was Jan. 17 in the ISS Concert Hall and simulcast in the school’s John Badham Theater to accommodate the sold-out crowd. “The Fault in Our Stars,” released Jan. 10, is already receiving rave reviews from the New York Times, National Public Radio and other media outlets and has been named among Amazon’s Best Books of the Month for January 2012. John Green is also author of “Looking for Alaska,” “An Abundance of Katherines” and “Paper Towns” and is co-author, with David Levithan, of “Will Grayson, Will Grayson.” Since 2007, the Green brothers have posted a series of videoblogs on their YouTube channel, vlogbrothers, which has been viewed more than 75 million times and has made their channel among the most
Author John Green, right, and brother Hank Green visited Indian Springs Photo special to the Journal School Jan. 17 as part of the Visiting Writers Series.
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video. The brothers’ performance kicked off the second semester of the inaugural ISS Visiting Writers Series. The series gives students and members of the community the opportunity to hear new poetry, fiction and nonfiction from established and up-and-coming writers, many of whom spend time with ISS classes
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