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SUMMARY:Illinois Libraries Present: Kwame Alexander-Attend Virtually
LOCATION:Tinley Park Public Library\nTinley Park Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of inspiration and conversation with be
 st-selling and award-winning children's and young adult author and poet\, 
 Kwame Alexander. Signup required..\nhttps://tinley.libnet.info/event/77124
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Saying Yes to Your Story: A Conver
 sation with Kwame Alexander&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>Join us for an evening
  of inspiration and conversation with best-selling and award-winning child
 ren&rsquo\;s and young adult author and poet\, Kwame Alexander\, author of
  the Newbery Award winning book\,&nbsp\;The Crossover\, Newbery Honor/Cald
 ecott Medal winning book\,&nbsp\;The Undefeated\, and most recently\,&nbsp
 \;An American Story\, for an Illinois Libraries Present event for young pe
 ople and their families. Kwame will share ways to say yes to your story an
 d 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 t
 o harness the power of words and storytelling for change!</p>\n<p>Register
  here:&nbsp\;<a href="https://bit.ly/ILP_KwameAlexander">https://bit.ly/IL
 P_KwameAlexander</a></p>\n<p><em>Please note that this program will be pre
 sented live and will not be recorded.</em></p>\n<p>Kwame Alexander Kwame A
 lexander is a poet\, educator\, publisher\, and New York Times Bestselling
  author of 36 books\, including Swing\, Becoming Muhammad Ali\, co-authore
 d with James Patterson\, Rebound\, The Undefeated\, The Crossover\, and Th
 e Door of No Return. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition\, Kwam
 e is the recipient of numerous awards\, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins 
 Poetry Award\, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor\, Three NAACP Image Awa
 rd 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 part 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 Pre
 sent\, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier e
 vents. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Libr
 ary\, a department of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provi
 ded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provi
 sions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed 
 to inclusion and accessibility.</p>\n<p>To request accommodations\, please
  email <a href="mailto:illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com">illinoislibrari
 espresent@gmail.com</a></p>\nhttps://tinley.libnet.info/event/7712446
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