Michael Amico recently moved to Waldoboro with his husband, Conrad, a composer, from Berlin, Germany. Most recently, Michael worked as a Research Scientist at the Center for the History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, where he studied how feelings and emotions shape the world. Central to his process has been developing a general emotional grammar of action and social change. Michael has been applying this framework to writing history with a focus on the United States. Many of you may have enjoyed his tours of the emotional history of the Sylvania plant and Hoffses House. 

      Michael holds a PhD in American Studies from Yale University. He is also the author, with Michael Bronski and Ann Pellegrini, of “You Can Tell Just by Looking: And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People”, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Nonfiction. 
 
 
 
The Friends of the Waldoboro Public Library provides support to enhance the library’s mission, including children’s events, the summer reading series, and the speaker series. Everyone is welcome.