Mark Vanhoenacker is a native of Pittsfield, a commercial airline pilot and the author of the international bestseller Skyfaring as well as a columnist for the Financial Times and a frequent contributor to the New York Times. In his latest book, Imagine a City—“a love song to cities the world over,” according to the Wall Street Journal—he explores the storied metropolises he visits as an airline pilot, through the lens of the hometown his heart has never left. Vanhoenacker will be in conversation with the poet Kirun Kapur, author of Women in the Waiting Room and the Director of Creative Writing at Amherst College. Sponsored by MountainOne, MCC, Housatonic Heritage