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SUMMARY:Virtual Saying Yes to Your Story:  
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DESCRIPTION:An evening of inspiration with best-selling and award-winning 
 children’s and young adult author and poet\, Kwame Alexander\, for 
 an Illinois Libraries Present event for young people and their families..\
 nhttps://northbrook.libnet.info/event/7502088
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for an evening of inspiration and 
 conversation with best-selling and award-winning children&rsquo\;s and you
 ng adult author and poet\, Kwame Alexander\, author of the Newbery Award w
 inning book\, The Crossover\, Newbery Honor/Caldecott Medal winning book\,
  The Undefeated\, and most recently\, An American Story\, for an Illinois 
 Libraries Present event for young people and their families. Kwame will sh
 are ways to say yes to your story and persist in the face of rejection as 
 he shares his own publishing journey. As a creator of more than 36 books\,
  Kwame will energize our community to harness the power of words and story
 telling for change!</p>\n<p>Please note that this program will be presente
 d live without a recording.</p>\n<p>Kwame Alexander Kwame Alexander is a p
 oet\, educator\, publisher\, and New York Times Bestselling author of 36 b
 ooks\, including Swing\, Becoming Muhammad Ali\, co-authored with James Pa
 tterson\, Rebound\, The Undefeated\, The Crossover\, and The Door of No Re
 turn. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition\, Kwame is the recipi
 ent of numerous awards\, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award\, 
 The Coretta Scott King Author Honor\, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations\
 , and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018\, he opened the 
 Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana\, as a pa
 rt of LEAP for Ghana\, an international literacy program he co-founded. He
  is the writer and executive producer of The Crossover show on Disney+.</p
 >\n<p>This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present\, a statew
 ide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is f
 unded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a departm
 ent of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S.
  Institute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Li
 brary Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion an
 d accessibility. To request accommodations\, please email illinoislibrarie
 spresent@gmail.com</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://northbrook.libnet.info/event/7502
 088
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