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SUMMARY:Ta-Nehisi Coates
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DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author and journalist in conversation with the C
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><a href="https://app.arts-people.com/index
 .php?show=214762"></a></p>\n<p><a href="https://app.arts-people.com/index.
 php?show=214762"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/edit
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 >The Grandview Heights Public Library\, in collaboration with 11 other Cen
 tral Ohio libraries\, is bringing award-winning author and journalist <str
 ong>Ta-Nehisi Coates</strong> to Columbus on February 4\, 2024\, at 3 pm. 
 <br /><br />Coates is an author\, journalist\, National Book Award winner 
 (<em>Between the World and Me</em>)\, MacArthur Fellow\, and writer for Ma
 rvel&rsquo\;s <em>Black Panther</em> (2016-2021) and <em>Captain America</
 em> (2018-2021) comics series. <br /><br />The event will feature Coates i
 n conversation with <strong>Sophia Fifner</strong>\, president and CEO of 
 the Columbus Metropolitan Club\, at the Upper Arlington High School Perfor
 ming Arts Space (<a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pv3C5GYdHmAvZxBr7">1625 
 Zollinger Road</a>).</p>\n<h4>PRESENTING CENTRAL OHIO LIBRARIES</h4>\n<p><
 a href="http://www.bexlib.org/">Bexley Public Library</a> <br /><a href="h
 ttp://www.columbuslibrary.org/">Columbus Metropolitan Library</a> <br /><a
  href="https://www.delawarelibrary.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">
 Delaware County District Library</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.ghpl
 .org/">Grandview Heights Public Library</a> <br /><a href="https://www.gra
 nvillelibrary.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Granville Public Libr
 ary</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.london.lib.oh.us/">London Public 
 Library</a><br /><a href="https://marysvillelib.org/">Marysville Public Li
 brary</a><br /><a href="http://www.plain.lib.oh.us/">Plain City Public Lib
 rary</a> <br /><a href="http://www.swpl.org/">Southwest Public Libraries</
 a> <br /><a href="http://ualibrary.org/">Upper Arlington Public Library</a
 > <br /><a href="https://www.westervillelibrary.org/">Westerville Public L
 ibrary</a> <br /><a href="http://www.worthingtonlibraries.org/">Worthingto
 n Libraries</a></p>\n<h4>ABOUT THE EVENT</h4>\n<p><span style="font-weight
 : 400\;"><a href="https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=214762">Ticke
 ts</a> for A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates will go on sale on Decembe
 r 4\, 2023 and begin at $25 each</span><span style="font-weight: 400\;">. 
 Participating libraries will not have tickets to sell at their locations. 
 Books will be available for purchase through </span><a href="https://www.g
 ramercybooksbexley.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Gramercy Books</
 span></a><span style="font-weight: 400\;">. There will be no book signing 
 at the event.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><a href="https://app.arts-people.com/i
 ndex.php?show=214762"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images
 /events/ghpl/Blue_Modern_Game_Button_Twitch_Panel.png" width="310" height=
 "97" alt="" style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto
 \;" /></a></p>\n<h4>ABOUT TA-NEHISI COATES</h4>\n<p><span style="font-weig
 ht: 400\;">Ta-Nehisi Coates is an award-winning author and journalist. He 
 is the author of the bestselling books </span><i><span style="font-weight:
  400\;">The Beautiful Struggle</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">
 \, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">We Were Eight Years in Power
 </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">\, </span><i><span style="font
 -weight: 400\;">The Water Dancer</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;
 "> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Between the World and Me
 </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">\, which won the National Book
  Award in 2015. He was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship that same yea
 r.&nbsp\;</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 400\;">As a journal
 ist with a career spanning over two decades\, he&rsquo\;s written for nume
 rous publications including The Washington City Paper\, The Village Voice\
 , The New Yorker\, and The New York Times. During his time reporting for T
 he Atlantic between 2008-2018\, he penned numerous articles and essays\, i
 ncluding the National Magazine Award-winning 2012 essay &ldquo\;Fear of a 
 Black President&rdquo\; and the influential June 2014 essay &ldquo\;The Ca
 se For Reparations.&rdquo\;</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 4
 00\;">Ta-Nehisi also enjoyed a successful run writing Marvel&rsquo\;s Blac
 k Panther (2016-2021) and Captain America (2018-2021) comics series. Ta-Ne
 hisi is currently writing the screenplays for the upcoming films </span><i
 ><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Wrong Answer</span></i><span style="font
 -weight: 400\;">\, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Superman</sp
 an></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> and the film adaptation of his fi
 rst fiction novel\, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">The Water D
 ancer</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">. In fall 2022\, he joine
 d Howard University&rsquo\;s faculty as a writer-in-residence and the Ster
 ling Brown Chair in the Department of English.&nbsp\;</span> <br /><br /><
 a href="https://catalog.clcohio.org/polaris/view.aspx?ctx=7&amp\;keyword=T
 a-Nehisi+Coates">Browse books available from the library.</a></p>\n<h4>ABO
 UT SOPHIA FIFNER</h4>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Sophia Fifner s
 erves as the president and CEO of the Columbus Metropolitan Club (CMC)\, a
  visionary organization that connects people and ideas through community c
 onversations and founder of </span><a href="https://bravephilanthropist.co
 m/"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Brave Philanthropist\,</span></a><spa
 n style="font-weight: 400\;"> a campaign she launched in 2022 to change th
 e face of philanthropy and to activate giving to women's and girls' organi
 zations.</span><span style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<h4>AB
 OUT THIS CENTRAL OHIO LIBRARY COLLABORATION</h4>\n<p>This library collabor
 ation allows libraries to host large\, impactful events in Central Ohio co
 llectively by sharing costs\, resources\, and expertise. <br /><br />In ad
 dition to resource sharing and encouraging partnership on various communit
 y-wide initiatives\, these collective events enhance and further engage a 
 community of readers and raise the visibility of libraries throughout Cent
 ral Ohio. <br /><br />Recent national author events presented collaborativ
 ely by Central Ohio public libraries include <strong>Margaret Atwood</stro
 ng> at the Palace Theatre (2022)\, a community read and online discussion 
 with <strong>Jason Reynolds</strong> (2020)\, and <strong>Rick Steves</str
 ong> at the Southern Theatre (2019).</p>\nhttps://ghpl.libnet.info/event/9
 284151
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