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SUMMARY:Junior Lit Chat with Jewell Parker Rhodes
LOCATION:Brentwood Branch\nBrentwood Branch
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DESCRIPTION:This Junior Lit Chat Interview is a 30-minute presentation by 
 author Jewell Parker Rhodes including time for audience Q&A. After the pro
 gram there will be 30 minutes for a book signing with the author. A limite
 d number of books will be given away to registered attendees\, first come\
 , first served. .\nhttps://jaxpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/10397269
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>About the author:</strong></p>\n<p
 ><a href="https://jkpl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?q
 u=author%3Ajewell+parker+rhodes&amp\;te=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J
 ewell Parker Rhodes</a> is the author of the Louisiana Girls children&rsqu
 o\;s book trilogy\, which includes&nbsp\;Ninth Ward\,&nbsp\;Sugar\, and&nb
 sp\;Bayou Magic. Her children&rsquo\;s books have received the Parents&rsq
 uo\; Choice Foundation Award\, the Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award\,
  and the Jane Addams Children&rsquo\;s Book Award\, among others.&nbsp\;To
 wers Falling\, her new middle grade novel\, was published in July 2016.</p
 >\n<p>Jewell grew up in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania and earned a Bachelor of
  Arts in Drama Criticism\, a Master of Arts in English\, and a Doctor of A
 rts in English (Creative Writing) from Carnegie Mellon University. Jewell 
 is the Founding Artistic Director and Piper Endowed Chair at the Virginia 
 G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.</p>\n<p>
 Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanit
 ies with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views\,
  findings\, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do no
 t necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowm
 ent for the Humanities.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.inf
 o/frontend-images/editor/jaxpubliclibrary/NEH-Preferred-Seal820.jpg" width
 ="150" height="68" alt="" />&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<
 p>&nbsp\;<img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/jaxpu
 bliclibrary/Florida-Humanities_Logo-RGB-scaled.jpg" width="150" height="61
 " alt="" /></p>\n<p>Registration is required for this event\, and must be 
 completed two hours prior to the start time. A library card is required fo
 r registration. If you do not have a card\, click&nbsp\;here&nbsp\;to obta
 in a card. Please add the name of each participant in the program when com
 pleting registration.</p>\n<p>Attendance is limited. Please arrive early t
 o check in. Check in starts 30 minutes prior to the start of the program. 
 When the program begins\, unfilled registered spots will be made available
  to customers at a first come\, first served basis.</p>\n<p>Pursuant to th
 e Americans with Disabilities Act\, accommodations for persons with disabi
 lities are available upon request. Please allow 1&ndash\;2 business days t
 o process. Last-minute requests will be accepted\, but may not be possible
  to fulfill. Please ask for Learning Services at 255-2665 or email&nbsp\;J
 PLprograms@coj.net.</p>\nhttps://jaxpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/103972
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