BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Northbrook Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Northbrook Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f17da826-d6ec-4d57-97c8-417861e72979 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260808T084104Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250204T200000 SUMMARY:Virtual An Evening with James McBride LOCATION:Northbrook Public Library\nNorthbrook Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Northbrook Public Library; X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Northbrook Public Library:geo:42.1305085,-87.830 8752 GEO:42.1305085;-87.8308752 DESCRIPTION:James McBride is an award-winning author\, musician\, and scre enwriter. .\nhttps://northbrook.libnet.info/event/9787348 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

His landmark memoir\, The Color of Water\, was published in 1996 and his novel\, \;The Good Lord Bird\, won the National Book Award for Fiction. His 2023 novel\, \;The Heaven &\; Earth Grocery Store\, was named one of the \;New York Times&rsquo\;&nb sp\;100 Notable Books of 2023. A recipient of the National Humanities Meda l in 2016\, McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York Uni versity. \;

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