Join us for a conversation with Kwame Alex ander\, author of the Newbery Award winning book\, The Crossover\, Newbery Honor/Caldecott Medal winning book\, The Undefeated\, and most recently\, An American Story. Kwame will share ways to say yes to your story and per sist 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 har ness the power of words and storytelling for change!
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Kwame Alexander Kwame Alexander is a poet\, educator\, pub
lisher\, and New York Times Bestselling author of 36 books\, including Swi
ng\, Becoming Muhammad Ali\, co-authored with James Patterson\, Rebound\,
The Undefeated\, The Crossover\, and The Door of No Return. A regular cont
ributor to NPR's Morning Edition\, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awar
ds\, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award\, The Coretta Scott Ki
ng Author Honor\, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations\, and the 2017 Inaug
ural 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 e
xecutive producer of The Crossover show on Disney+.
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among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by
a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a department of the Office
of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Mus
eum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Library Services an
d Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility.&
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