Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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Events
NEA Big Read: Story/Teller Invitation to Read A Lesson Before Dying
Tuesday March 2, 2021
Award-winning author and The Center for Fiction Board member Jacqueline Woodson hosts this special on-demand Story/Teller event...
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Events
NEA Big Read: Ernest J. Gaines on Criminal Justice
Tuesday, 7:30 pm EDT March 16, 2021
In A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines wrote about an unfair and brutal American justice system—one that’s still operating today
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Events
NEA Big Read: A Lesson Before Dying and Ernest Gaines's Legacy
Wednesday, 7:30 pm EDT March 31, 2021
In this final NEA Big Read event, winners of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence will come together to discuss the lasting legacy...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Black History Month Recommendations from Us to You
To honor Black History Month we asked our staff to share a favorite novel by a Black author—past or present, adult or children’s—that has...
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Fiction, Essays & More
Chris Whitaker on We Begin at the End with Amy Einhorn
Mysterious, heart-wrenching, frequently funny, and ultimately inspiring, Chris Whitaker’s We Begin at the End tells...
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Videos
Véronique Tadjo Launches In the Company of Men with Kwame Anthony Appiah
Author and poet Véronique Tadjo joined author and NYU Professor of Philosophy and Law Kwame Anthony Appiah to celebrate the U
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Groups+Workshops
NEA Big Read: The Novels of Ernest J. Gaines
4 Monthly Sessions Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT March 30 to June 29, 2021
Dr. Ernest J Gaines’ novels tie together the experiences of people living in rural, Southwest Louisiana with a Justice System that is inextricably...
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Groups+Workshops
KidsWriting Genre Workshops: Spring 2021
Saturday, 1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT May 8, 2021
Designed for young writers, ages 9-12, these writing workshops will focus on fostering creativity in a fun, encouraging environment
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Pick Your Passion
The books this week have little in common except the brilliant range of their visions and the certainty that the authors are writing at the height of their powers
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VideosThe Art of the Short Story
The Art of the Short Story: Dantiel W. Moniz and Jamel Brinkley
Writers Dantiel W. Moniz and Jamel Brinkley discussed the art of writing the short story and Moniz’s debut...
