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URL:https://craborchardlibrary.com/events/an-evening-with-james-mcbride/
SUMMARY:An Evening With James McBride
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with James McBride\nTuesday\, February 4 at 7 PM
  CST\nRegister at: https://bit.ly/ILP_JamesMcBride\n\n\nJames McBride is 
 an award-winning author\, musician\, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir
 \, The Color of Water\, was published in 1996 and his novel\, The Good L
 ord Bird\, won the National Book Award for Fiction and was adapted by Et
 han Hawke and Jason Blum into a Showtime series bearing the same name. His
  2023 novel\, The Heaven &amp\; Earth Grocery Store\, was named one of th
 e New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2023. A recipient of the Nation
 al Humanities Medal in 2016\, McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residen
 ce at New York University. \nIn 2016\, President Obama awarded McBride th
 e National Humanities Medal "for humanizing the complexities of discussing
  race in America. Through writings about his own uniquely American story\,
  and his works of fiction informed by our shared history\, his moving stor
 ies of love display the character of the American family." In 2024\, he b
 ecame the latest recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American 
 Fiction. \nHeather Marie-Montilla of PBS Books will join McBride in conv
 ersation.\nThis event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP)
 \, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier event
 s. 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 provision
 s of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). \n\nILP is committed
  to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations\, please email 
 illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com
CATEGORIES:Adult Program
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