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The Shippers: Novelist Katherine Center and Why Love Is Good for You

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Romance novelist Katherine Center, known for stories about resilience and joy, discusses why she believes love is good for you. Her new novel The Shippers follows JoJo Burton, who boards a cruise for her sister’s wedding hoping to fix her bad luck in love by pursuing an old crush—with help from childhood friend Cooper. Close quarters rekindle unresolved feelings, and they stumble into realizing they might be meant for each other. Center explores how love, humor, hope, and real-life lessons shape her work.

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A round building with large windows, stone columns, and a domed roof.
Named after the Smithsonian's 8th Secretary, the underground building's copper domed entrance is on Jefferson Drive between the "Castle" and the Freer Gallery of the National Museum of Asian Art.
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Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily