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SUMMARY:Ashley Hope Pérez
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DESCRIPTION:Author\, professor and advocate Ashley Hope Pérez presents 
 her YA anthology\, Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers’ Rights. 
 .\nhttps://columbus.libnet.info/event/14427808
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h1>Authors at the Library<br />ASHLEY HOPE P
 EREZ in conversation with Elisa Stone Leahy</h1>\n<h3>Tuesday\, Oct 7 | 6 
 p.m.<br />Whetstone Branch | 3909 N. High St.</h3>\n<p><strong>5:30 p.m. |
 </strong> Book giveaway and book sale by Cover to Cover<br /><strong>6:00 
 p.m. |</strong> Ashley Hope P&eacute\;rez in conversation with Elisa Stone
  Leahy<br /><strong>6:45 p.m. |</strong> Audience Q&amp\;A<br /><strong>7:
 00 p.m. |</strong> Book sale and signing</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.
 libnet.info/frontend-images/events/columbus/Authors_at_the_Library/Hipstam
 aticPhoto-667595195_199638-1-300x386.jpeg" width="" height="300" alt="" />
 <img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/columbus/Autho
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 n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong></p>\n<p><strong>ASHLEY HOPE PEREZ</s
 trong> (she/her) is the editor of&nbsp\;<em>Banned Together: Our Fight for
  Readers&rsquo\; Rights</em>\, the&nbsp\;author of three novels\, a profes
 sor\, and a youth advocate. She currently directs&nbsp\;The Unite to Read 
 Project\, a Mellon Foundation-funded initiative to support positive engage
 ment with banned books and expand youth access to diverse literature. Her 
 2015 novel&nbsp\;<em>Out of Darkness</em>&nbsp\;has become one of the most
  frequently banned novels in the United States despite its noted literary 
 merit.&nbsp\;<em>Out of Darkness&nbsp\;</em>was described by <em>The&nbsp\
 ;New York Times&nbsp\;Book Review</em> as a &ldquo\;layered tale of color 
 lines\, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town\,&rdquo\; and was sele
 cted as a best book of the year by both Kirkus and School Library Journal.
  It received a 2016 Printz Honor for Literary Excellence in Young Adult Fi
 ction\, the 2016 Tom&aacute\;s Rivera Book Award\, and the 2016 Am&eacute\
 ;ricas Award. Her other novels\,&nbsp\;<em>What Can&rsquo\;t Wait&nbsp\;</
 em>and&nbsp\;<em>The Knife and the Butterfly</em>\, appear on YALSA&rsquo\
 ;s Best Fiction for Young Adults and Popular Paperbacks lists. Ashley is a
 lso a former high school English teacher\, holds a doctorate in comparativ
 e literature\, and is an associate professor who teaches world literatures
  at The Ohio State University.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Read more about her response
 s to book banning&nbsp\;<a href="https://linktr.ee/ashleyhopeperez">here</
 a>.</p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK</strong></p>\n<p>A dazzling YA antholog
 y that spotlights the transformative power of books while equipping teens 
 to fight for the freedom to read\, featuring the voices of 15 diverse\, aw
 ard-winning authors and illustrators.</p>\n<p>Books are disappearing from 
 shelves across the country. What does this mean for authors\, illustrators
 \, and&mdash\;most crucially&mdash\;for young readers?</p>\n<p>This bold c
 ollection of fiction\, memoir\, poetry\, graphic narratives\, essays\, and
  other genres explores book bans through various lenses\, and empowers tee
 ns to fight back. From moving personal accounts to clever comebacks aimed 
 at censorship\, fifteen legendary YA authors and illustrators confront the
  high-stakes question of&nbsp\;what is lost&nbsp\;when books are kept from
  teens.</p>\n<p>Contributors include Elana K. Arnold\, Nikki Grimes\, Elle
 n Hopkins\, Kelly Jensen\, Brendan Kiely\, Maia Kobabe\, Bill Konigsberg\,
  Kyle Lukoff\, MariNaomi\, Trung L&ecirc\; Nguyá»…n\, Ashley Hope P&ea
 cute\;rez\, Isabel Quintero\, Traci Sorell\, Robin Stevenson\, and Padma V
 enkatraman\; the collection is a star-studded must-read that packs strengt
 h and power into every last word.</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.
 info/frontend-images/events/columbus/Elisa_Stone_Leahy_author_headshot_sm.
 jpeg" width="225" height="300" alt="" /><img src="https://static.libnet.in
 fo/frontend-images/events/columbus/Authors_at_the_Library/MalloryInFullCol
 or_hc_c.jpg" width="199" height="300" alt="" /></p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE 
 MODERATOR</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Elisa Stone Leahy</strong> is a queer\,
  Peruvian American children&rsquo\;s author who lives with her husband and
  kids in Columbus\, Ohio. Whether creating award-winning documentary films
  or connecting readers to books through her work at the Columbus Metropoli
 tan Library\, Elisa has always surrounded herself with stories. Her first 
 middle grade book\,<em> Tethered to Other Stars\,</em> was a finalist for 
 the Cybils Award and the Ohioana Book Award. Her second book\, <em>Mallory
  in Full Color</em>\, was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\,
  an Ohio Book Award finalist and was short-listed for the 2025 Lambda Lite
 rary Award. Elisa is a member of <a href="https://www.authorsagainstbookba
 ns.com/">Authors Against Book Bans</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.c
 om/groups/588020057484174/">Right to Read Ohio</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>EVENT 
 DETAILS</strong></p>\n<p>The event is free to the public but due to limite
 d seating registration is requested.</p>\n<p>Both authors' books will be s
 old on site by Cover to Cover Children's books.</p>\n<p><img src="https://
 static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/columbus/C2C-Logo-Mark-Cannon.jp
 g" width="200" height="200" alt="" /></p>\n<p>A limited number of free boo
 ks will be available to kids and teens\, courtesy of Battelle\, while supp
 lies last.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-im
 ages/tile/columbus/BATTELLE_BLUE.jpg" width="400" height="68" alt="" /></p
 >\n<p><em>Columbus Metropolitan Library offers events and programs for cus
 tomers of all ages. Battelle&rsquo\;s generous gift to the Columbus Metrop
 olitan Library Foundation helps make it possible for the library to host a
 dditional author talks and programs for kids and teens that encourage a li
 felong love of reading. Our goal is to host diverse\, nationally recognize
 d authors at programs that are free and open to all.&nbsp\;</em></p>\n<p><
 /p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://columbus.libnet.info/event/14427808
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