CPLFoundation Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@JillWineBanks was the first female assistant prosecutor in the Watergate scandal. Join her on Wednesday, April 28, to discuss her book, The Watergate Girl, and takes us inside her fight for democracy and gender equality.: https://bit.ly/3sWKdnS #EventsatCPL https://t.co/HyAWi83pVv

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Next Thursday at 6 pm! Join @chipublib for the @1book1chicago keynote featuring author of Maus, Pulitzer-prize winner Art Spiegelman. https://t.co/crM5P5Sd2x https://t.co/qW2s8RIof5

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Join @doctora_nature, a Zapotec environmental scientist and founder of agency Piña Soul, for a discussion on her book Fresh Banana Leaves and why western conservationism isn’t working. Be part of the convo tomorrow at 6 pm: https://bit.ly/36orz2h #VoicesforJustice https://t.co/EnikLQ7TcM

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In celebration of #DisabilityAwarenessMonth, join us next Wednesday, July 27, at Harold Washington Library for a conversation with author @Keah_Maria on her books “The Pretty One” and the soon-to-be released Sam’s Super Seats. Find more info here: https://bit.ly/3PcYOqd https://t.co/P92cmf47kJ

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"Everything is upside down in Zusak's novel. Sounds are tasted, visions are heard, and death has a heart" - The New York Times If you haven't already, relive this arresting One Book, One Chicago's 2012 selection, The Book Thief: https://t.co/mYOOVtnOYX #OBOCat20 https://t.co/GT5iZvdz0w

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Join @chipublib on 01/17 for #NationalDayofRacialHealing for a discussion on @hmcghee's The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together: https://t.co/r2546xL5Kb https://t.co/v55RBLvPED

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Happy #FlashbookFriday! We’re counting down the days until we can see the @1book1chicago 20th anniversary pick. Until then, let’s revisit 2004’s selection: Julia Alvarez’s In The Time of the Butterflies: https://t.co/vTt82Fr4R6 #OBOCat20 #TheBookIsJustTheBeginning https://t.co/RoQC7uPbr4

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Tomorrow! Join author @QianJulieWang for a conversation with journalist @monicaeng on Wang’s experience growing up as an undocumented child in America, as written in her memoir, “Beautiful Country.” https://bit.ly/3lmIPZI https://t.co/m37hk8NuS7

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Need some new reading recs? Chicago Public Library’s got you with AAPI Month recommendations from local author @MPMtheWriter's mystery series to Yiyun Li’s acclaimed The Book of Goose: https://t.co/hLEtHbCTme https://t.co/o6dBkiesZW

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Today, @laurenlapkus joins us #LiveFromTheLibrary to lend her talents as she reads A House for Every Bird by Megan Maynor! 🐦🦜🦉 See you at 10 am CT! https://t.co/Lj1ap3GnaZ