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Home > Events and Programs > Special Events >Authors @ MainSpecial Events
Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202Come join us as we showcase some of the literary world’s most dynamic authors. Beginning in March, you will have the opportunity to meet vibrant authors firsthand – up close and personal at the Detroit Public Library.
Author of “Them”
Wednesday, June 11, 6:00 p.m.
Main Library, Friends Auditorium
Making his fiction debut, McCall discusses his new book titled, Them, a timely and penetrating story destined to have monumental cultural impact. Them was recently cited in Publishers Weekly as one of the best books of 2007. McCall, is also the author of the New York Times bestseller, “Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America.”
Author of “Sin No More”
Tuesday, April 8, 6:00 p.m.
Main Library, Friends AuditoriumNew York Times Bestselling Author, Kimberla Lawson Roby, has written ten novels which include, Sin No More, Love & Lies, Changing Faces, The Best-Kept Secret, Too Much of a Good Thing, A Taste of Reality, It's a Thin Line, Casting the First Stone, Here and Now, and her debut title, Behind Closed Doors, which was originally self-published through her own company, Lenox Press.
Authors of “Other People’s Skin”
Tuesday, April 22, 6:00 p.m.
Main LibraryIn Other People’s Skin, Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, along with fellow authors Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper, take on one of the most controversial topics within the African-American community: the self-hatred caused by intra-racial prejudice and the ongoing obsession with skin tone and hair texture. In other words, the “skin/hair thang” among black women. A must read, this book is celebrated as one of the most innovative and varied anthologies of sisterhood and unity to date.
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Author of Addy: an American Girl (American Girl Series)
Saturday, May 31, 2:00 p.m.
Detroit Public Library, Old Fine Arts
Connie Porter, author of all six books about “Addy” in the American Girl Collection, has sold more than 3 million copies to date. She has written two adult novels, All Bright Court and Imani All Mine. All-Bright Court was selected by the American Library Association as one of the Best Books of 1991.
