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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Prose to the People 
LOCATION:Snellville Branch\nSnellville Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Join author Katie Mitchell as she discusses her book\, "Prose 
 to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores." .\nhttps://gwinnettpl.l
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>A stunning visual homage to Black bookstor
 es\, featuring a selection of shops around the country alongside essays\, 
 poems\, and interviews by <em>New York Times</em> bestsellers Kiese Laymon
 \, Rio Cortez\, Pearl Cleage\, and many more journalists\, activists\, aut
 hors\, academics\, and poets that offer deeper perspectives on these books
 tores&rsquo\; role throughout the diaspora\, complete with an original for
 eword by Nikki Giovanni.</p>\n<p>Katie Mitchell is a storyteller and books
 eller. Katie lives\, works\, and writes in Atlanta\, Georgia. Her online a
 nd pop-up Black bookstore\, Good Books\, has been featured in <em>The New 
 York Times</em>\, NBC\, NPR\, PBS\, and many other outlets. Katie is a Dor
 othy Porter Wesley fellow.</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/fr
 ontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/AS_S_Walker.png" width="75" height="86" al
 t="" /></p>\n<p>Moderating the talk will be Shaundra Walker. Shaundra serv
 es as Dean of the University Library at Georgia College in Milledgeville\,
  Georgia\, where she is also a Professor of Library Science. She earned a 
 PhD in Educational Leadership from Mercer University and holds a Master of
  Science in Library and Information Studies from Clark Atlanta University 
 and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Spelman College. Shaundra is co-edi
 tor of<em> The Black Librarian in America: Reflections\, Resistance\, and 
 Reawakening</em></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"></p>\n<p style="text
 -align: center\;">Books will be available for sale and signing.&nbsp\;</p>
 \n<p style="text-align: center\;">Registration is recommended.&nbsp\;</p>\
 n<p style="text-align: center\;">&nbsp\;* By registering\, you consent to 
 signing up for the monthly adult programs newsletter.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p
 >\n<p>Presented by Adult Services.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl
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