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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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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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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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In our summer reading group, "Memoir and Criticism," readers will examine how Margo Jefferson's Constructing A Nervous System and Willa Cather's The Song of The Lark blend memoir with cultural commentary. Sign up here: https://t.co/k2DRzlOgW4 https://t.co/WlYD2VxA1T

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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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Dive into the early works of Ernest Hemingway this summer with Robert Trogdon, the editor of @LibraryAmerica's Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises & Other Writings, 1918-1926! Register for the group, presented in partnership with Library of America, here: https://t.co/UFu1E2N29N https://t.co/hEWOzDlKTN

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We're traveling around the world this summer through the fabulous books in our library! This time our bags are packed for South Asia, featuring And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan), Exit West -Mohsin Hamid (Pakistan), The Stone Woman -Tariq Ali (Pakistan) 1/2 https://t.co/cQL9I18SuJ