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SUMMARY:Contemporary Conversations with Pulitzer Prize Author Tyehimba Jes
 s
LOCATION:Gaithersburg Library\nGaithersburg Library
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DESCRIPTION:This program is offered in-person and via live streaming. Ther
 e are two different venues to attend in-person or live streaming. Check in
 formation in the description for details.  \n.\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/e
 vent/8183068
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join award-winner fiction and poetry autho
 r Tyehimba Jess to celebrate National Poetry Month.</p>\n<p>Jess will be d
 iscussing his work as a poet and fiction writer.&nbsp\;Jess is the author 
 of two books of poetry\, Leadbelly&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Olio.&nbsp\;Olio&nbsp\;
 won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize\, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\, The Midland 
 Society Author&rsquo\;s Award in Poetry and an Outstanding Contribution to
  Publishing Citation from the Black Caucus of the American Library Associa
 tion.&nbsp\; It was also nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Aw
 ard\, the PEN Jean Stein Book Award\, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.
  &nbsp\;Leadbelly&nbsp\;was a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. T
 he&nbsp\;Library Journal&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Black Issues Book Review&nbsp\;na
 med it one of the &ldquo\;Best Poetry Books of 2005.&rdquo\; Jess' fiction
  and poetry have appeared in many journals and anthologies\, including Ang
 les of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry\
 ,&nbsp\;Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the Twenty-First 
 Century\, and Slam: The Art of Performance Poetry.</p>\n<p>The program wil
 l take place at the <a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/branch
 es/gaithersburg.html">Gaithersburg Library</a> and it will also be offered
  via live streaming.</p>\n<p>Registration is still open.</p>\n<p>If you pl
 an to attend the program <span style="color: #ff0000\;"><strong>IN-PERSON<
 /strong></span>\, please join us at the <a href="https://montgomerycountym
 d.gov/library/branches/gaithersburg.html">Gaithersburg Library&nbsp\;</a>&
 nbsp\;at 5:30 pm. Seating is limited.</p>\n<p>If you plan to attend the pr
 ogram via&nbsp\;<span style="color: #0000ff\;"><strong>LIVE STREAMING</str
 ong></span>&nbsp\;from anywhere\, please&nbsp\;click the link below to joi
 n the webinar:</p>\n<p><a href="https://marylandlibraries.zoom.us/j/970011
 23290?pwd=WVlPaGlFNU9GZ1pMWFljaE1vNXJyUT09">https://marylandlibraries.zoom
 .us/j/97001123290?pwd=WVlPaGlFNU9GZ1pMWFljaE1vNXJyUT09</a></p>\n<p>Passcod
 e: 814057</p>\n<p>After the presentation\, there will be a reception with 
 appetizers. During the reception\, Jess will be signing some of his books.
  Books will be available at the event for purchase from the Friends of the
  Library Montgomery County or by visiting <a href="https://bookshop.org/sh
 op/folmc">https://bookshop.org/shop/folmc</a>.</p>\n<p>The Contemporary Co
 nversations series is co-sponsored by Friends of the Library Montgomery Co
 unty (FOLMC) and the Literacy Council of Montgomery County (LCMC).</p>\n<p
 >Don't have a card right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nb
 sp\;<a href="https://mcpl.link/library-card-from-event-listing">Get a Libr
 ary Card</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>Peop
 le who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<a href="https://m
 ontgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">English-lang
 uage captioning or sign-language interpretation</a>&nbsp\;at least five da
 ys before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the A
 ssistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with
  all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023</p>\nhttps://
 mcpl.libnet.info/event/8183068
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