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SUMMARY:Slantwise Histories
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:An evening conversation about the craft of fantasy\, highlight
 ing Alix Harrow's newly released book\, The Slantwise Histories.\nhttps://
 dclibrary.libnet.info/event/17811435
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>DC Public Library is excited to welcome co
 nversation partners Alix Harrow&nbsp\;and Bethany C. Morrow&nbsp\;for a di
 scussion and book signing. Booksellers from&nbsp\;<a href="https://loyalty
 bookstores.com/" title="Loyalty Bookstore website ">Loyalty Bookstore</a> 
 will be onsite supporting the event.</p>\n<p><a href="https://alixeharrow.
 wixsite.com/author" title="Alix Harrow's website">Alix E. Harrow</a> is th
 e NYT-bestselling author of <em>The Ten Thousand Doors of January</em>\,<e
 m> The Once and Future Witches</em>\, <em>Starling House\, The Everlasting
 </em>\, and various short fiction\, including her most recently released t
 itle: <em>The Slantwise Histories</em>. Her work has won a Hugo and a Brit
 ish Fantasy Award\, and been shortlisted for the Nebula\, World Fantasy\, 
 Locus\, Southern Book Prize\, and Goodreads Choice awards.</p>\n<p>She's f
 rom Kentucky\, but now lives in Charlottesville\, Virginia with her husban
 d and their two semi-feral kids.</p>\n<p>Bestselling author <a href="https
 ://www.bethanycmorrow.com/" title="Bethany C. Morrow's website">Bethany C.
  Morrow</a> writes adult and young adult novels.&nbsp\;Her young adult wor
 k includes SLJ Gold Standard selections\, <em>A Song Below Water</em> (a L
 ocus\, Ignyte\, and Audie finalist) and <em>So Many Beginnings</em>\, a Li
 ttle Women remix\, for which she's presented at the National Museum of Afr
 ican American History and Culture. She is editor/contributor to the young 
 adult anthology <em>Take The Mic</em>\, which won the 2020 ILA Social Just
 ice in Literature award.</p>\n<p>Her adult novels include <em>Mem</em>\, a
 n Indies Introduce and Indies Next pick\, and her most recent novel\, <em>
 Cherish Farrah</em>\, a social horror\, was the April 2022 Belletrist x Bo
 okclub pick. She was the 2021 Mansfield Lecturer at Roosevelt University\,
  and her work has been featured in The LA Times\, Forbes\, Bustle\, Buzzfe
 ed\, and more. Bethany is included on USA TODAY's list of 100 Black noveli
 sts and fiction writers you should read.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Registration for 
 this event is encouraged.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>For reasonable accommodations\, p
 lease contact the Center for Accessibility at 202-727-2142 or DCPLaccess@d
 c.gov. For ASL or tactile interpretation\, please allow at least seven (7)
  days notice.</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/17811435
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