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SUMMARY:A Virtual Visit with James McBride
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Illinois Libraries Present James McBride\,
  an award-winning author\, musician\, and screenwriter. His landmark memoi
 r\, The Color of Water\, was published in 1996 and is considered an Americ
 an classic\, read in schools and universities across the United States. Hi
 s 2013 novel\, The Good Lord Bird\, won the National Book Award for Fictio
 n and was adapted by Ethan Hawke and Jason Blum into a Showtime series bea
 ring the same name. His latest\, The Heaven &amp\; Earth Grocery Store\, w
 as named one of the New York Times&rsquo\; 100 Notable Books of 2023.</p>\
 n<p>In 2016\, President Obama awarded McBride the National Humanities Meda
 l "for humanizing the complexities of discussing race in America. Through 
 writings about his own uniquely American story\, and his works of fiction 
 informed by our shared history\, his moving stories of love display the ch
 aracter of the American family." In 2024 he became the latest recipient of
  the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. A native New Yorker\,
  McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.</p
 >\n<p>Heather Marie-Montlilla of PBS Books will join McBride in conversati
 on.</p>\n<p><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P4ShG_ZXT
 ry70kZbl6Pa5A#/registration">Sign Up Here</a></p>\n<p>ILLINOIS LIBRARIES P
 RESENT | SPRING 2025</p>\n<p>Jan 9\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/
 a-virtual-visit-with-steve-dolinsky-12050091">Virtual Visit with Steve Dol
 insky</a>\,&nbsp\; 7 pm<br />Jan 23\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://champaign.org
 /event/a-virtual-visit-with-michelle-buteau-12050133">Virtual Visit with M
 ichelle Buteau</a>\, 7 pm<br />Feb 4\, <a href="https://champaign.org/even
 t/a-virtual-visit-with-james-mcbride-12050142">Virtual Visit with James Mc
 Bride</a>\,7 pm<br />Feb 19\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/a-virtu
 al-visit-with-amy-tan-12050163">Virtual Visit with Amy Tan</a>\,7 pm<br />
 Mar 4\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/a-virtual-visit-with-coralie-
 adam-12050212">Virtual Visit with Coralie Adam</a>\, 7 pm<br />Mar 21-23\,
  <a href="https://champaign.org/event/9-to-5-the-story-of-a-movement-12084
 405">9 To 5: The Story of a Movement</a>\, <br />Apr 10\, <a href="https:/
 /champaign.org/event/a-virtual-visit-with-alexis-nikole-nelson-12050305">V
 irtual Visit with Alexis Nikole Nelson</a>\,7 pm<br />May 3\, <a href="htt
 ps://champaign.org/event/a-virtual-visit-with-dan-santat-12050307">Virtual
  Visit with Dan Santat</a>\, 2 pm<br />May 15\, <a href="https://champaign
 .org/event/a-virtual-visit-with-matthew-desmond-12050318">Virtual Visit wi
 th Matthew Desmond</a>\, 7 pm</p>\n<p>Illinois Libraries Present is funded
  in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a department o
 f the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Inst
 itute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Library
  Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Illinois Libraries Present is committ
 ed to inclusion and accessibility.</p>\nhttps://champaign.libnet.info/even
 t/12050142
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