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Thursday, April 26, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Ann Hagedorn
In the aftermath of World War I and a world-wide influenza epidemic, Americans welcomed the new year 1919, hopeful of reaping the benef its of peace. Instead fear of terrorism rose, with Bolshevism as the new enemy. Wartime legislation to curb criticism of the U.S. government was extended and strengthened. African Americans who expected freedom as a reward for their wartime service were greeted instead with lynchings and race riots. An award-winning journalist and acclaimed author, Ann Hagedorn examines America in a watershed year, and finds parallels to our post-9/11 state.
Savage Peace is available for sale from the Newberry Library’s A.C. McClurg Bookstore. A book signing follows the talk. Admission is free. No reservation is required.
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Wednesday, June 20, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Zelda Lockhart
In her second novel, the author of Fifth Born takes her readers through a seldom explored world of black slaves and their Indian masters in the deep south. Raven, a Choctaw girl, survives the massacre of her parents, who refused relocation to Oklahoma from Mississippi. She marries the French-Choctaw master of LeFlore plantation, and adopts Lily, an infant slave of black and Choctaw heritage. Zelda Lockhart recounts these two women’s struggles to be free during the tumultuous years before, during, and after the Civil War.
A book signing follows the talk. Admission is free. No reservation is required.
The title tells the story. Michael ("Mouse") Tolliver, one of the chief characters in Maupin's Tales of the City series, returns two decades after being diagnosed with HIV. And this time (unlike Tales of the City), he tells his survivor story in his own voice.
A book signing follows the talk. Admission is free. No reservation is required.
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Tuesday, July 10, 6:00 pm
Speaker and Gaming MC: Catherine Braendel, co-founder of Good Read Games, Inc.
Do you know all the answers in Trivial Pursuit? Are you Scrabbled out? Be among the first to play a newly published board game. Many hours spent reading for pleasure have equipped you to compete with other readers to identify the author or title of a book with only the book’s first line as a clue. It’s that simple and that challenging. Catherine Braendel will give you the inside scoop on how she and her husband developed the Dark and Stormy Night game, and cheer you on while you play.
Admission is free, but space is limited so reservations are required. Call (312) 255-3700 to make a reservation. On July 11, 7:00 to 8:45 pm, you will have a second chance to play It Was a Dark and Stormy Night at 57th Street Books, 1301 East 57th Street, Chicago. Please call (773) 684-1300 for information.
The Newberry Library
Center for Public Programs
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610-7324
telephone: (312) 255-3700
fax: (312) 255-3680
e-mail: pubprog@newberry.org