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NYC Book Launch: THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON by Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, Jarrett Pumphrey, and Jacqueline Woodson

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York City, New York, United States

Celebrate bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynoldsโ€™s (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) debut picture book along with the illustrators Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey, all in conversation with award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. "There Was a Party for Langston" is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he […]

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CCW Book Launch: Nada Samih-Rotondo presents “All Water Has Perfect Memory: A Memoir”

Online Zoom Event

Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate the launch of Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction, June 2012)'s, All Water Has Perfect Memory: A Memoir. A debut work from a Palestinian-American author, All Water Has Perfect Memory is a memoir that takes readers from the author's ancestral origins--the coast of Yaffa, Palestine--to her birthplace of Kuwait, eventually landing […]

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An Evening at Books and Books with Pamela Petro and Thomas Swick

Books & Books in Coral Gables 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Books & Books presents an evening with Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty) & Thomas Swick discussing Petroโ€™s book: The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir.This event is FREE and open to the public and books will be available for purchase the night of the event so make […]

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Book Launch for “Sensitive” by Sara Levine

RJ Julia Independent Booksellers 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut, United States

Join RJ Julia Independent Booksellers to celebrate the launch of Sara Levine's (Nonfiction/WFYP, January 2006) latest picture book, Sensitive. A unique and powerful look at the ways being sensitive and having big feelings is a strength "You feel way too much." / "Will you stop being dramatic?" This tender picture book follows a girl who […]

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๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ต-๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ: ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ก ๐™’๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™จ ๐™‹๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ Heartleaf Books

Heartleaf Books 374 Atwells Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ takes us from the author's ancestral roots along the coast of Yaffa, Palestine, to the shores of Rhode Island. Nada Samih-Rotondo's (Fiction, June 2012) powerful narrative unravels the layers of silence within families, revealing untold stories with an enchanting blend of folklore that explores the profound connection between our bodies, […]

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SALT THE WATER | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

Busboys and Poets 450 K Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Author Candice Iloh (WFYP, June 2017) will be joined by conversation partner Ebony LaDelle and special guest Rasheed Copeland. Copies of the book will be available for purchase before and after the event, and Candice will be signing following the program. This event is free and open to all. The program begins at 6:00 pm, […]

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Meaningful Parent-Child Conversations with Rebecca Rolland

Online Zoom Event

Join Doing Good Together for a live-streamed parent webinar by Rebecca Rolland (Fiction, June 2017), Harvard professor and author of The Art of Talking with Children. Following the event, registered attendees will receive a webinar recording, Festival of Giving Activity Guide and be added to the Doing Good Together monthly newsletter, packed with kindness tips […]

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Candice Iloh: Salt the Water w/ Ibi Zoboi & Mila Myles

Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights Branch 286 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn, New York, United States

From Printz honoree and National Book Award finalist Candice Iloh (WFYP, June 2017), a verse novel about Cerulean Gene, a nonbinary Black teenager searching for a new way to do more than survive in post-pandemic America. Cerulean and their friends went into senior yearโ€”the first year of normal school after the pandemicโ€”with a plan: keep […]

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Writing Home/Homeland with Nancy Agabian, Nada Samih-Rotondo & Jared Harรฉl

Books on the Square 471 Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Join Books on the Square on Friday, October 13th at 7:00 p.m. for Writing Home/Homeland with Nancy Abagian, Nada Samih-Rotondo, and Jared Harel. The Fear of Large and Small Nations  by Nancy Abagian  In The Fear of Large and Small Nations, feminist writer and teacher Nataleeโ€”aka Naโ€”seeks to reclaim her cultural roots in Armenia only to be […]

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Book Launch with Sara Levine, author of Sensitive

Porter Square Books 25 White St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Porter Square Books welcomesย Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP, January 2006) for an author talk and book signing in celebration of the launch of her new book,ย Sensitive! "You feel way too much." / "Will you stop being dramatic?" This tender picture book follows a girl who is told she is too intense, too sensitive, too much. She's told […]

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Grolier Poetry Book Shopย Presents Naomi Mulvihillย and Hilary Sallick

Grolier Poetry Book Shop 6 Plympton Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Grolier Poetry Book Shop for a hybrid reading with Naomi Mulvihill and Hilary Sallick with an introduction by Lloyd Schwartz. This event will take place synchronously in-store at 6 Plympton Street and on Zoom. Registration Required. Naomi Mulvihill (Poetry, 2011) was a Margaret Murphy endowed fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in […]

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