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SUMMARY:Illinois Libraries Present: An Evening with James McBride
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DTSTAMP:20260419T014000Z
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LOCATION:East Moline Public Library, 745 16th Avenue, East Moline, IL 6124
 4, United States
ROOM: Geraldine A. Baecke Meeting Center B
DESCRIPTION:Illinois Libraries Present James McBride, an award-winning aut
 hor, musician, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water,
  was published in 1996 and is considered an American classic, read in sch
 ools and universities across the United States. His 2013 novel, The Good 
 Lord Bird, won the National Book Award for Fiction and was adapted by Eth
 an Hawke and Jason Blum into a Showtime series bearing the same name. His 
 latest, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, was named one of the New Yo
 rk Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2023. In 2016, President Obama awarded M
 cBride the National Humanities Medal "for humanizing the complexities
  of discussing race in America. Through writings about his own uniquely Am
 erican story, and his works of fiction informed by our shared history, his
  moving stories of love display the character of the American family.&quot
 ; In 2024 he became the latest recipient of the Library of Congress Prize 
 for American Fiction. A native New Yorker, McBride is a Distinguished Wri
 ter in Residence at New York University.Heather Marie-Montlilla of PBS Boo
 ks will join McBride in conversation.*We will have a giveaway of James&#03
 9; newest book, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store for everyone that att
 ends in person.You can watch this event live at the library or watch the l
 ivestream from home. James McBride will not be attending in-person at the 
 library.To watch at home, register online at: https://bit.ly/ILP_JamesMcB
 rideThis event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a sta
 tewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP i
 s funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a depar
 tment of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S
 . Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Li
 brary Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion a
 nd accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrari
 espresent@gmail.com
URL:https://eastmoline.librarycalendar.com/event/illinois-libraries-presen
 t-evening-james-mcbride-8084
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