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Join @literacypartners and Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Angela Davis, and others to celebrate the iconic Toni Morrison Feb 23-24 with a free virtual public reading of The Bluest Eye! Register here: https://bit.ly/3rnpMlH @WordsShapeOurWorld https://t.co/sYh0U4i1hb

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Don Winslow, one of the greats of crime fiction, is on his last book tour ever for his new novel, City on Fire! 5/12, he'll be joined onstage by @DervlaMcTiernan (The Murder Rule). Don't miss this must-hear conversation for lovers of crime! Get tickets: https://bit.ly/3yhNFz1 https://t.co/n6hbPkS0X7

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Join us on Tuesday, October 5th for Anthony Doerr's only event in New York City for his highly anticipated new novel, Cloud Cuckoo Land! This event will only be held in-person and there is limited seating. Secure your spot before we sell out: https://centerforfiction.org/event/anthony-doerr-on-cloud-cuckoo-land/ https://t.co/nlimfH52zP

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Happy pub day to Hanya Yanagihara! 7 years after A Little Life, she returns with To Paradise about a Wharton-like Washington Square in the 1890s, the AIDS crisis, and Zone 8—a dystopian post-plague society in 2093. We have signed editions! Get yours here: https://bit.ly/32ZDbaj https://t.co/RhWsYPeZ1v

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This week, Bookstore Buyer Melanie Fleishman recommends Clare Sestanovich's (@csestanovich) debut story collection, Objects of Desire. These stories "capture the agony and ecstasy of coming of age. Within you’ll find a terrific dry wit." Get your copy here https://t.co/rAbHCncpKs https://t.co/KwOrFSO5bB

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Open spots in our NEA Big Read: From the Desk of Zoe Washington Middle Grade Reading Group! (June 12, 1- 2:30 ET) Readers ages 9-12 will be discussing the critically lauded middle grade novel by Janae Marks. https://t.co/RCTfWtFi3x THANK YOU to our sponsors, @ParkSlopeParent! https://t.co/IW2Hlh8IjL

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Join us 9/8 for a tribute to the late Randall Kenan (https://t.co/GRotKCxpKr). A beloved master of fiction and nonfiction who passed away in 2020, Kenan's insightful essays have been collected in a new book, Black Folk Could Fly, reviewed by @nytimesbooks https://t.co/jCiGVYGlb9

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Patrick Bringley stopped by to sign copies of All the Beauty in the World, a memoir and portrait of the Met only a former museum guard could write! We're particularly fond of this book because, as a member, Patrick wrote parts of it here at The Center. https://t.co/XX5h1MgVvk

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We'll be at The @SchomburgCenter Festival, 6/18! Find us in the marketplace and at 1pm we’re presenting “Literary Monuments, Friendship, and Toni Morrison” with A.J. Verdelle and @tiphanieyanique as part of our NEA Big Read of Beloved. Learn more at https://www.schomburgcenterlitfest.org/ https://t.co/o7AiOVat8E

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Our bookstore has a limited number of copies of BEOWULF: A NEW TRANSLATION by @MARIADAHVANA w/ signed bookplates! Grab one before Headley's Radical Translation event with @MillerMadeline and @EmilyRCWilson on 9/16. Order the book and RSVP at: https://t.co/b7dayUCqi2 https://t.co/uOrZPBHq5W

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