PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Thursday, Jan. 12 at 6:45 p.m., join a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Debby Applegate about her new biography that tells the story of Polly Adler, Manhattan's most notorious madam.

 

According to a press release, the New York Times Book Review praised "Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age" as a "fast-paced" tale of radical transformation" and "a breathless tale told through extraordinary research."

 

This free program is part of "Jewish Literary Voices: A Federation Series in collaboration with The Jewish Book Council." It will be presented via Zoom. Please visit the calendar of events at jewishberkshires.org for links to our programs.

 

Debby Applegate is a historian whose first book, "The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher," won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2007.