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The Legendary Nobel Prize-Winning Beloved Author Toni Morrison Passes At 88
U.S. author Toni Morrison, whose 1987 novel Beloved about a runaway slave won a Pulitzer Prize and contributed to a body of work that made her the first black woman to be presented the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at the age of 88, her publisher said. Continue Reading →
Harlem’s Neil Patrick Harris Kicks Off The Library Of Congress National Book Festival
The Library of Congress National Book Festival will expand to include a yearlong series of events – to be known as National Book Festival Presents – leading off with Harlem resident Neil Patrick Harris. Continue Reading →
Allen Salkin, Aaron Short And Others Celebrate New Book At Russian Samovar Restaurant Exclusive Event
The legendary Russian Samovar Restaurant and Piano Bar hosted a literary star-studded book release party for authors Allen Salkin and Aaron Short, featuring some of the restaurant’s authentic Russian delicacies and cocktails. Continue Reading →
Listen To The Harlem Writers Guild As They Celebrate Their 70th Anniversary On The Danny Tisdale Show (Audio)
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Listen to Harlem Writers Guild members celebrate their upcoming 70th anniversary in 2020 at the first annual Schomburg Literary Festival, Continue Reading →
Fly Away With Books Uptown With The French Embassy At The Inwood Library
For those spending their summer in Uptown, New York, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy is proposing a singular way to explore the city with the launch of Fly Away with Books.
Frederick Douglass: Prophet Of Freedom By David Blight Pulitzer Prize-Winning Biography In Harlem
On Juneteenth*, join us at Revolution Books for an evening with David Blight, author of the biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Harlem’s Dapper Dan Launches New Book At Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM)
Unbound, a book launch series with BAM and Greenlight Bookstore presents Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem
Harlem Legend Rosa Guy, Harlem Writers Guild Co-Founder And More, 1922-2012
Rosa Cuthbert Guy (/ˈɡiː/), September 1, 1922 – June 3, 2012, was a Trinidad-born American writer who grew up in Harlem, New York. Continue Reading →