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Virtual Navigate Your Stars:

A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward

2023-06-06 19:00:00 2023-06-06 20:00:00 America/Chicago Virtual Navigate Your Stars: Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. She will discuss her life, her literary vision and her unique perspectives on love and loss. Northbrook Public Library -

Tuesday, June 06
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-06-06 19:00:00 2023-06-06 20:00:00 America/Chicago Virtual Navigate Your Stars: Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. She will discuss her life, her literary vision and her unique perspectives on love and loss. Northbrook Public Library -

Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. She will discuss her life, her literary vision and her unique perspectives on love and loss.

Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. Hailed as "the new Toni Morrison" by the American Booksellers Association, Jesmyn will discuss her life, her literary vision and her unique perspectives on love and loss. Tracie D. Hall, Executive Director of American Library Association, will join her in conversation.

Jesmyn Ward is the critically acclaimed author of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including bestselling Sing, Unburied, Sing, Salvage the Bones, and the memoir Men We Reaped. Her many honors include the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and a Strauss Living Award. In 2017, she became the first woman and first person of color to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. The standout writer of her generation, Ward's stories are largely set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, where she grew up and still lives. A professor of creative writing at Tulane University, Ward's latest book, Navigate Your Stars, is an adaptation of her 2018 commencement address at Tulane that championed the value of hard work.

Tracie D. Hall is an American librarian, author, curator, and advocate for the arts. She is the first African American woman to lead the American Library Association, where she's served as Executive Director since 2020, and fights for social justice, access to information, and universal broadband.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration 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 Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com.

 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Book & Author |

TAGS: | #EP |

Northbrook Public Library

Phone: 847-272-6224

Hours
We're closed Friday May 09
Mon, May 05 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, May 06 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, May 07 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, May 08 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, May 09 Closed
Sat, May 10 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, May 11 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming events

Fri, May 09, All day

Sat, May 10, 10:00am - 11:00am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Sat, May 10, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Sat, May 10, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Sat, May 10, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Mon, May 12, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Mon, May 12, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, May 12, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, May 12, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, May 13, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Tue, May 13, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, May 13, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, May 13, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Tue, May 13, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Wed, May 14, 10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Wed, May 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Wed, May 14, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, May 14, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lobby - First Floor

Wed, May 14, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, May 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor
This event is full

Wed, May 14, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, May 15, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
This event is full

Thu, May 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Thu, May 15, 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Thu, May 15, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor
This event is full

Thu, May 15, 7:00pm - 8:45pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, May 15, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Fri, May 16, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Fri, May 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Sat, May 17, 10:30am - 11:15am
Auditorium - First Floor

Sun, May 18, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Sun, May 18, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Mon, May 19, 10:00am - 11:30am
Civic Room - First Floor

Mon, May 19, 11:00am - 11:30am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Mon, May 19, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, May 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Mon, May 19, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Tue, May 20, 10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media
This event is full

Tue, May 20, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Tue, May 20, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, May 20, 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, May 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Zoom Room 5 - Youth Services

Tue, May 20, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, May 20, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Civic Room - First Floor
This event is full

Wed, May 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Wed, May 21, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, May 21, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lobby - First Floor

Wed, May 21, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, May 21, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor
This event is full

Wed, May 21, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, May 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Thu, May 22, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Thu, May 22, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Fri, May 23, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Fri, May 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor
This event is full

Sat, May 24, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Mon, May 26, All day

Tue, May 27, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Wed, May 28, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, May 28, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Wed, May 28, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, May 29, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Thu, May 29, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor

Thu, May 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Fri, May 30, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Sat, May 31, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Rescheduled
Sun, Jun 01, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
New date Sunday, June 15, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Mon, Jun 02, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Tue, Jun 03, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Wed, Jun 04, All day
Youth Services Area - Second Floor

Wed, Jun 04, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Wed, Jun 04, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Collaboratory - Second Floor

Thu, Jun 05, All day
Youth Services Area - Second Floor

Thu, Jun 05, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, Jun 05, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Fri, Jun 06, All day
Youth Services Area - Second Floor

Fri, Jun 06, 10:00am - 10:30am
Gazebo

Fri, Jun 06, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Sat, Jun 07, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Sun, Jun 08, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor