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SUMMARY:Bexley Centennial Author Series
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring conversation with author and Gramercy
  Books founder & owner Linda Kass. Linda will be in conversation with CML 
 CEO\, Patrick Losinski\, discussing her latest novel Bessie..\nhttps://bex
 ley.libnet.info/event/10197311
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>We are honored to host local author and Gr
 amercy Books founder and owner\, Linda Kass\, as a part of the Bexley Cent
 ennial Author Series. Linda will be in conversation with&nbsp\;Columbus Me
 tropolitan Librarian CEO\, Patrick Losinski\, discussing her latest novel&
 nbsp\;<em>Bessie</em>\, along with&nbsp\;the intersections of history\, li
 terature\, and culture and the relevance they play in our everyday lives. 
 Kass's novel&nbsp\;<em>Bessie</em> (She Writes Press\, 2023) has been call
 ed\, "Abundant in graceful storytelling and vivid historical detail...a fa
 scinating portrait of a woman who was so much more than a beauty queen" --
  NYT bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini\, and\, "a loving and honest p
 ortrait of a woman who meant so much to so many" -- Pulitzer Prize-Finalis
 t Lee Martin.</p>\n<p>Linda will be signing books following the program. T
 hank you to&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.gramercybooksbexley.com/bpl-centenn
 ial-author-series">Gramercy Books</a>&nbsp\;for partnering with us and mak
 ing onsite books available for purchase. Purchase your books ahead of the 
 program\, 10% of online book sales through Gramercy's&nbsp\;<a href="https
 ://www.gramercybooksbexley.com/bpl-centennial-author-series">Centennial Au
 thor Series</a>&nbsp\;page will be donated to the Bexley Community Author 
 Series Fund at the Bexley Community Foundation.</p>\n<p><strong>About the 
 Author:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Linda Kass&nbsp\;</strong>began her caree
 r as a magazine journalist and correspondent for regional and national pub
 lications. She&nbsp\;is the author of three historical novels\,&nbsp\;Tasa
 &rsquo\;s Song\;&nbsp\;A Ritchie Boy\,&nbsp\;a 2021 IPPY Gold Medal Winner
  in Historical Fiction\; and&nbsp\;Bessie\, named the Prose Finalist for t
 he eighth annual Phillip H. McMath Post-Publication Book Award. She is wel
 l known around Central Ohio for her civic leadership\, her strong advocacy
  of education\, literacy\, and the arts\, and as the founder and owner of 
 Gramercy Books\, an independent bookstore located just east of downtown Co
 lumbus.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Moderator:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Patr
 ick Losinski</strong> has served as CEO of Columbus Metropolitan Library (
 CML) since 2002\, where he has overseen a multimillion-dollar capital impr
 ovement plan for 20 new or remodeled library buildings. Under his leadersh
 ip\, CML has earned national recognition\, including being named the&nbsp\
 ;<em>Library Journal&rsquo\;s</em> National Library of the Year in 2010 an
 d receiving the Institute for Museum and Library Services National Medal i
 n 2011.</p>\n<p><strong>Registration required. Join us in person\, or live
  stream this&nbsp\;program&nbsp\;on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/w
 atch?v=TVVjqIZXhDs">BPL YouTube channel</a>.</strong></p>\nhttps://bexley.
 libnet.info/event/10197311
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