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Happy birthday to American novelist Colson Whitehead! His latest book "Harlem Shuffle" was published in September 2021. “Freedom was a community laboring for something lovely and rare.” -from "The Underground Railroad" Find titles here: https://tinyurl.com/mfrepxhz https://t.co/VKDyHi2wzl

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Perspectives Online Book Club: April's title is Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead. Read the book before the meeting and then join the discussion! Tuesday, April 4: 6:45-7:45 p.m. Register: https://t.co/lntNMisVdd Find the title here: https://t.co/kk19CHc36W #onlinebookclub https://t.co/de1ukhtCeA

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Love Bill Bryson? Check out episode 056 of the Time to Read podcast, listen in as they discuss In a Sunburned Country. https://t.co/eIKVDGlA2Q https://t.co/8kQtS2lkZY

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Today's literary birthday is Hermann Hesse. “His life oscillates, as everyone's does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between thousands and thousands.” -Steppenwolf In the catalogue: https://t.co/IQctBivBZQ https://t.co/CwEIrt3vu3

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Happy birthday Diana Gabaldon! “Even when I’ve just left ye, I want you so much my chest feels tight and my fingers ache with wanting to touch ye again.” -from "Outlander" @Writer_DG In the catalogue: https://tinyurl.com/s2e4nm42 https://t.co/7NG92CvOxp

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Happy birthday Helen Oyeyemi! “I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don't have names.” -White Is for Witching In the catalogue: https://t.co/Ri9CtGrWfx https://t.co/FapnifVEuA

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In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas A sweeping, deeply researched debut set in the Black communities of Ontario that were the last stop on the Underground Railroad. Find it here: https://t.co/r3swZ2dSIZ #SundaySpotlight #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/JgifaaZAjW

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Happy birthday Dionne Brand! @BrandDionne “The sea sounded like a thousand secrets, all whispered at the same time.” -A Map to the Door of No Return In the catalogue: https://t.co/4Dv8gF9Jun https://t.co/a4wbfyJm3i

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Happy birthday to American fantasy author Sarah J. Maas! @SJMaas “She had often wished for adventure, for old spells and wicked kings.” -from "Throne of Glass" In the catalogue: https://tinyurl.com/u33jvfab https://t.co/Wn7DoU416s

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Today's literary birthday is speculative fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin! “You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.” -from "The Dispossessed In the catalogue: http://ow.ly/Funm50GvCaj https://t.co/TPUXdsdhLU

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