Author Signing

FRIDAY, MAY 7, 7pm – NON-FICTIONArt Sanctuary, The Brothers Network & Moonstone Arts PresentKEITH GILYARDauthor John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism ($39.95 University of Georgia Press) “John Oliver Killens is a genius of the South, and Keith Gilyard has honored this youngblood, civil rights and union activist, novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter in …

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THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 7pm – AUTHOR SIGNINGVISIONS OF EXILELIGIA RAVÉ author of Hanah’s ParadiseMARK LYONS author of Espejos y Ventanas/ Mirrors and Windows: Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and Their Families Praise for Hannah’s Paradise Like Scheherazade, the narrator of Ligia Ravé’s beautifully rendered novel, HANAH’S PARADISE, has to tell stories—in this case her family’s …

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THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 7pm – NON-FICTIONLISA TRACYauthor of Objects of Our Affection: Uncovering My Family’s Past, One Chair, Pistol, and Pickle Fork at a Time ($25.00 Random House) After their mother’s death, Lisa Tracy and her sister, Jeanne, are left to contend with several households’ worth of furniture and memorabilia, much of it accumulated during …

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 7pm – FICTIONArt Sanctuary and Moonstone PresentL.A. BANKSVampires, Werewolves, and Romance in America: Myth and Reality in the Fiction of L.A. Banks New York Times Best-selling author, L.A. Banks has penned over 35 novels and 12 novellas in a wide range of genres and is the recipient of the 2008 Essence Magazine …

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MONDAY, APRIL 12, 7pm – NON-FICTIONDR. PATTI FEUEREISENauthor of Invisible Girls: The Truth about Sexual Abuse ($16.95 Seal Press)April is Sexual Abuse/Assault Month and The Statistics Are Staggering You are invited to join us for an enlightening and compelling discussion and reading to hear voices of sex abuse survivors as you’ve never heard before while …

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 7pm – NON-FICTIONLISA LEVENSTEINauthor of A Movement Without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia ($45.00 University of North Carolina Press) “A Movement Without Marches offers a subtle and illuminating portrait not only of political and civic activism, but also of social and economic citizenship in the …

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