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Trailblazer: Ben Franklin and The Library
2022-03-30 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax)
Wednesday, March 30 at 5pm ET | 2pm PT, PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with New York Times best-selling author Jane Yolen, author of The Leather Apron Club: Ben Franklin, His Son Billy, & America’s First Circulating Library.
Celebrating libraries, master storyteller Jane Yolen brings Benjamin Franklin and his son Billy story at Leather Apron Club alive. Learn about the first circulating library and hear from Jane Yolen about her work and her creative process. The author will answer audience questions at the end of the conversation.
On April 4 at 8pm ET, Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, will air on PBS stations across the country. It explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. “Write things worth reading,” he said in Poor Richard’s Almanack, “or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin did both. This program is offered in partnership with WETA and the PBS network. #BenFranklinPBS
About the Author
“I am one of those writers who believe that one should not necessarily write what you know, but what you want to know.”
Jane Yolen was a gold star kid. She took piano lessons, studied ballet at Balanchine’s School of American Ballet, sang in the high school and college choirs was captain of the high school girls’ basketball team, and News Editor of her high school paper. Her first forays into writing included the production of a musical she wrote in the first grade about vegetables, and the publication of a newspaper for her apartment building at the age of 10. A veritably precocious child, Jane was born in New York City but during her childhood, her small family moved to California, then back to New York, and then to Connecticut. She graduated seventh in her high school class (although she believes that if she’d worked a little harder she may have been third) and attended Smith College, where she won poetry and journalism awards and again wrote the class musical.
After college Jane moved back to New York City where she worked as an editor and wrote during her lunch breaks and on the weekends. She considered herself a poet and journalist, but to her surprise she became a children’s book writer and sold her first book, Pirates in Petticoats on her 22nd birthday. Since then she has published around 420 books and received numerous awards, including a Golden Kite Award, National Book Award nomination, a Caldecott Medal for Owl Moon, and most recently, the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award.
Jane has three children and six grandchildren. She lives in western Massachusetts, Mystic Ct. and has a house in Scotland.

"American Democracy: The Path Forward" with Jeb Bush
2022-03-24 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax)
WHEN: Mar 24, 2022, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT

WHERE: This is a virtual event.
WHAT: Conversations Across Differences series.
Join for a U-M Democracy & Debate signature event featuring Governor Jeb Bush in conversation with Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr.
Jeb Bush is the author of multiple books including Immigration Wars.
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Trailblazer: Poetry, Celebrating Robert Frost's Birthday
2022-03-23 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)
Wednesday, March 23 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, PBS Books, in partnership with Poetry In America and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to present a conversation with poet Tracy K. Smith, in conversation with Poetry In America Executive Producer and Creator Elisa New, discussing Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” in honor of his birthday.
Do good fences really make good neighbors? Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” asks surprising questions about the role of walls in civil society. Poetry In America’s Host Elisa New and former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith will delve into this classic poem.

About the Poet: Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, memoirist, translator and librettist. She served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017-19. Her most recent book is Such Color: New and Selected Poems. She teaches at Harvard University

About the Moderator: Elisa New
Elisa New is the Director and Host of Poetry in America, director of the Center of Public Humanities at Arizona State University, director of Verse Video Education, and Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University. New created Poetry in America, a PBS series, to bring poetry into living rooms and onto screens of all kinds. The show can be seen on public television and streaming platforms, in schools and libraries, and on airlines. Guests include Joe Biden, Herbie Hancock, Gloria Estefan, Shaquille O’Neal, Elena Kagan, Nas, John McCain, Sonia Sanchez, Tony Kushner, Bill Clinton, Julia Alvarez, Bono, Cynthia Nixon, John Kerry, LisaGay Hamilton, Caroline Kennedy, Katie Couric, Al Gore, and David Strathairn. Along with the series, New produces educational materials on American poetry for all ages—from middle- and high-school students, to K-12 teachers, to lifelong learners—distributed by Harvard University, Amplify Education, and Arizona State University.

About Poetry In America
Poetry in America, created and directed by Harvard professor Elisa New, is a public television series and multi-platform educational initiative that brings the highest quality humanities content to diverse audiences around the world.
Poetry in America for-credit courses, non-credit learning experiences, and professional development opportunities—including programming designed specifically for high-school students and K-12 teachers—are available in partnership with Arizona State University and Harvard. The Poetry in America series is presented by GBH Boston and distributed by PBS Plus and American Public Television. Season One aired nationally in 2018. Season Two aired in April 2020, and Season Three will premiere in January 2022.

Funder information
Support for the television series Poetry in America is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Dalio Philanthropies, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Poetry Foundation, Deborah Hayes Stone and Max Stone.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

'Democracy in Crisis' With Barton Gellman
2022-03-23 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax)
WHEN: Mar 23, 2022, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
WHERE: This event is virtual.
WHAT: Democracy in Crisis series with the Ford School.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Barton Gellman in conversation with Michigan Law Professor from Practice Barbara McQuade, as part of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series.
Barton Gellman is the author of multiple books including Dark Mirror.
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Masterpiece: Sanditon Season Two
2022-03-15 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)
The Magic of Masterpiece﻿
Tuesday, March 15 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, PBS Books, in partnership with MASTERPIECE, will present a conversation about Sanditon with Justin Young, who is the Head Writer and Executive Producer for Season 2 and 3. The conversation will be co-hosted by Colleen O’Donnell, who is Detroit Public Television’s Social Media Manager. Join us to meet Justin Young as he discusses his work and process in writing and producing Sanditon’s new Season 2.
Nineteenth century English writer Jane Austen was a trailblazer and a social changer. In early 1817, she fell ill with a mysterious disease when she started work on a novel set in a seaside town called Sanditon. She never finished it. MASTERPIECE introduced its Sanditon mini-series in 2020, picking up Austen’s setting, characters, and plot. While taking us an amazing adventure in the 19th century with Miss Heywood, the series also explores issues of race, sexual abuse, gender roles, money, and power. Season 2 of Sanditon premieres on Sunday, March 20 at 9 ET. Check your local listing.

About the Writer: Justin Young
Justin Young is Head Writer and Executive Producer on Sanditon, Seasons 2 and 3. His previous credits include Sanditon, Season 1, Dickensian, Death In Paradise, and Ripper Street. Justin was Head Writer and Series Producer of Holby City for 3 years, during which the show was BAFTA-nominated twice. Other TV writing includes Casualty and Eastenders. In 2015, his play In My Father’s Words enjoyed a critically acclaimed run at the 59E59 Theatre in New York. His plays include The Houghamagandie Pack, Fierce – An Urban Myth – both for Grid Iron, Metagama (Soho Theatre), August (National Theatre Studio) and Moonwalking in Chinatown (Soho Theatre.)
Watch a sneak peek of ‘Sanditon’, Season 2

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Author Talk: Judith Brodsky with Jodi Throckmorton
2022-03-10 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
Thursday, March 10 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, PBS Books, in partnership with ArtTable, is pleased to host, in celebration of Women’s History Month with two trailblazers: artist, arts advocate, and professor Judith K. Brodsky, author of Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit: Art, Feminism, and Digital Technology, with curator Jodi Throckmorton.
In her recent book, Brodsky explores trailblazing women, including artists of color, who have been innovators in the digital art arena as early as the late 1960s. Through an examination of artists’ work and feminist art theory, Brodsky will discuss the crucial role women are playing in the art world in this digital realm, including in new media as video, websites and social networking, virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and NFTs. Through this discussion, viewers will gain critical insights into the important role female artists are playing in the digital space, which historically has been dominated by men. Audience questions will be answered at the end of the conversation.
About the Author
Judith K. Brodsky is Distinguished Professor Emerita, Visual Arts, Rutgers University, founder of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, now the Brodsky Center at PAFA, co-founder of the Rutgers Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities and The Feminist Art Project. Her curatorial work includes The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society (2012), the Philadelphia city-wide print festival, Philagrafika (2010), and Race and Erasure in Art History: Retrieving a Forgotten Circle of Black Artists (2022). She is past national president of ArtTable, College Art Association, Women’s Caucus for Art, former board chair, New York Foundation for the Arts, and a former dean and associate provost at Rutgers. Just published in October 2021 is Dismantling the Patriarchy Bit by Bit (Bloomsbury) a history of feminist artists using digital technology including women artists of color and female-identifying, queer, and transgender artists such as Legacy Russell and micha cárdenas, along with pioneers like Joan Jonas, Jenny Holzer, and Adrian Piper, and contemporary artists like Ann Hirsch, Hannah Black, and Hyphen-Lab. She shows how feminist art theory intersected with the rise of digital art, freeing technology from its patriarchal context. Her last book was Junctures in Women’s Leadership: the Arts, (Rutgers University Press, 2018) in collaboration with Dr. Ferris Olin. She is also a printmaker/artist with work in many collections.
About the Moderator
Jodi Throckmorton is the former curator of contemporary art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. Before joining PAFA in fall 2014, she was curator of modern and contemporary art at the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University in Kansas and had previously been associate curator at the San Jose Museum of Art in California. She organized the exhibition and publications for Joan Semmel: Skin in the Game (2021), Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World (2018) with Lauren Dickens, and Postdate: Photography and Inherited History in India (2015), among others.
About ArtTable
ArtTable is the foremost professional organization dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts. Through our membership network and community initiatives, we expand professional opportunities for women from diverse backgrounds and at all stages of their careers, supporting and fostering a stronger future for all women in the arts.
All ArtTable members are able to connect with our 1,200+ network of professional peers throughout the United States and across several other countries outside the U.S. Members also have the option to join one of ten local ArtTable chapters, located in Chicago, Florida, Houston, Metro Atlanta, New York, Northern California, the Northwest, Southern California, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

Author Talk: Kelly Yang
2022-03-09 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit)
Wednesday, March 9 at 5pm ET | 2pm PT, PBS Books is pleased to interview trailblazer Kelly Yang, author of New From Here, in celebration of Women’s History Month.
An award-winning author, Kelly will share insights into her writing process, her latest works, and her creative inspiration. Her latest book New From Here is a poignant middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience as an Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus. This book is perfect to spark conversation with tweens about recent challenges in their own life. Following the conversation, there will be an opportunity for questions from audience members on Facebook.
About the Author
Kelly Yang is the New York Times bestselling author of the FRONT DESK series, including Front Desk, Three Keys, and Room to Dream, New From Here, and young adult novels Parachutes and Private Label. Front Desk is Kelly’s award-winning middle grade debut novel about a 10 year old Chinese American immigrant girl who manages the front desk of a motel while her parents clean the rooms. FRONT DESK was awarded the 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Literature, the Parents’ Choice Gold Medal, was the 2019 Global Read Aloud, and was named an Amazon Best Book of the Year, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, a NPR Best Book of the Year, and a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of the Year.
Kelly immigrated to America when she was 6 years old and grew up in Southern California, where she and her parents worked in three different motels. She eventually left the motels and went to college at the age of 13 and law school at the age of 17. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where she majored in Political Science, and Harvard Law School. After law school, she gave up law to pursue her passion of writing and teaching children writing. She is the founder of The Kelly Yang Project (kellyyang.edu.hk), a leading writing and debating program for kids in Asia. As a writing teacher for 13 years, Kelly helped thousands of children find their voice and become better writers and more powerful speakers. Before turning to fiction, she was also a columnist for the South China Morning Post for many years. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. She has three children and lives in Los Angeles.

Principles of Personal Financial Literacy
2022-02-25 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit)
Financial literacy can be a source of stress, fear, and worry for many Americans. The best way to achieve confidence in your personal management of money management is by learning how to make smart and secure financial decisions every day. Join PBS Books as we discuss the Principles of Personal Financial Literacy.

Author Talk: Harriet A. Washington
2022-02-15 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)
Tuesday, Feb 15 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, PBS Books, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a conversation with scholar and author Harriet A. Washington, discussing African American health and inequities.
As a medical ethicist, Harriet Washington has a unique and courageous voice and deconstructs the politics around medical issues, including ‘scientific racism.’ In this conversation, she will share about the powerful and disturbing portrait of medicine, race, sex, and the abuse of power. Washington also makes the case for broader political consciousness of science and technology, challenging audiences to see the world differently and challenge established paradigms in the history of medicine. Her latest book, Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Medical Consent, documents the alarming tale of how the right of Americans to say “no” to risky medical research is being violated. This program is offered as part of ASALH’s annual conference.
About the Scholar and Author
Harriet A. Washington is a prolific science writer, editor and ethicist who is the author of the seminal Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Oakland Award, and the American Library Association Black Caucus Nonfiction Award and five other well-received books, including A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and its Assault on the American Mind, as well as Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Informed Consent in Medical Research, was published in 2021 by Columbia Global Reports.
Washington is a Writing Fellow in Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, has been the 2015-2016 Miriam Shearing Fellow at the University of Nevada’s Black Mountain Institute. She has also been a Research Fellow in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, a visiting scholar at DePaul University College of Law and a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University. She has held fellowships at Stanford University and teaches bioethics at Columbia University, where she delivered the 2020 commencement speech to Columbia’s School of Public Health graduates and won Columbia’s 2020 Mailman School Of Public Health’s Public Health Leadership Award, as well as its 2020-21 Kenneth and Mamie Clark Distinguished Lecture Award. Washington has written widely for popular publications and has been published in referenced books and journals such as Nature, JAMA, The American Journal of Public Health, The New England Journal of Medicine, the Harvard Public Health Review, Isis, and The Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. She has been Editor of the Harvard Journal of Minority Public Health, a guest Editor of the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics and served as a reviewer for the Journal of the American Association of Bioethics and the Humanities.
Ms. Washington has also worked as a classical-music announcer for public radio and curates a medical-film series.

Saving American Journalism: The Information Needs of a Democracy
2022-02-10 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
A conversation about serving the news and information needs of our nation
Thursday, Feb 10 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, PBS Books is pleased to host The New Era of Modern Journalism: a conversation with Evan Smith, who is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Texas Tribune, a pioneering nonprofit, nonpartisan media outlet, in conversation with journalist Errin Haines, Editor-At-Large of The 19th*.
Having recently announced his departure from The Texas Tribune, Evan Smith will discuss his background and career, the current state of journalism and its future.
The conversation will touch on the importance journalism to our democratic system, the threat posed by misinformation and disinformation, the pressing need for diverse voices in coverage and in newsrooms, the danger of news deserts and sustainable business models, particularly for local journalism.
Smith’s work at the Tribune has offered an important template for others to follow to ensure that local communities, especially those that are historically under-represented, are heard. Award-winning journalist Errin Haines is a trailblazer in her own right. As one of the founders and the editor-at-large of The 19th (so named for the constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote), she reports on gender, race, politics, and policy.
About Evan Smith
Evan Smith is the CEO and co-founder of The Texas Tribune, a pioneering nonprofit, nonpartisan digital news organization whose deep coverage of Texas politics and public policy can be found at its website, texastribune.org, and in newspapers and on TV and radio stations across the state. Since its launch in 2009, the Tribune has won international acclaim and numerous honors, including a Peabody Award, 23 national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association and three general excellence awards from the Online News Association. Evan is also the host of “Overheard with Evan Smith,” a weekly half-hour interview program that airs on PBS stations around the country. A native of New York, he’s a graduate of Hamilton College and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
About Errin Haines
Errin Haines is the one of the founders and the editor-at-large of The 19th. An award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of experience, Errin was previously national writer on race for the Associated Press. She’s also worked at the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post.

Financial Resolutions: Sowing The Seeds for a Bountiful Retirement
2022-01-28 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit)
The new year is a chance to turn over a new leaf and set powerful financial resolutions. From boosting your budget – to investing in diverse accounts, building a secure future always begins with a solid foundation. Whether you’re a rookie, or a retiree, learn how to set financial resolutions that will sow seeds for a bountiful harvest.

Trailblazer: Talk with Poet Evie Shockley from Poetry in America
2022-01-26 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, PBS Books, in partnership with Poetry In America and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to present a conversation with poet Evie Shockley, historian Robin D.G. Kelly, and actress LisaGay Hamilton, which will be led by Poetry In America Executive Producer and Creator Elisa New.
Highlighting Poetry In America’s Season 3, Episode 4, Elisa New will interview poet Evie Shockley about her satiric humor poem “you can say that again, billie,” which is inspired by Billie Holiday’s haunting song “Strange Fruit.” Shockley will converse with historian Robin D.G. Kelley and actor LisaGay Hamilton to discuss the history of racism, violence, and artistic tradition in the American south.
About the Poet Evie Shockley
Evie Shockley is a poet and scholar. Her most recent poetry collections, the new black (Wesleyan, 2011) and semiautomatic (Wesleyan, 2017), both won the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; the latter was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the LA Times Book Prize. Her poetry has appeared internationally in print and audio formats, in English and in translation. She has received the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, the Stephen Henderson Award, the Holmes National Poetry Prize, and fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and Cave Canem, among others. Shockley is Professor of English at Rutgers University.
About the Featured Guest Robin D. G. Kelley
Robin D. G. Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. His books include, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original and Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. He is currently completing two books, Black Bodies Swinging: An American Postmortem and The Education of Ms. Grace Halsell: An Intimate History of the American Century (both forthcoming Metropolitan Books). His essays have appeared in several anthologies and publications, including The Nation, Monthly Review, New York Times, and The Boston Review, for which he also serves as Contributing Editor.
About the Featured Guest LisaGay Hamilton
LisaGay Hamilton’s illustrious film career includes roles in “Ad Astra,” “Vice,” “Beautiful Boy,” “The Last Full Measure,” “Go For Sisters,” “Life of a King,” “True Crime,” “Palookaville,” “Drunks,” “The Sum of All Fears,” “Hamlet,” “Beloved,” “The Truth About Charlie,” “Nine Lives,” “Honeydripper,” “The Tourist,” “The Soloist,” and more.
On television, Hamilton can currently be seen in the Hulu series, “The Dropout.” Other notable credits include “Sorry For Your Loss,” “The First,” “Chance,” and “House of Cards.” Hamilton is well known for her regular role on the Emmy Award-winning “The Practice,” for which she also directed an episode. Hamilton’s documentary, “Beah: A Black Woman Speaks,” which she directed and co-produced with Jonathan Demme, premiered on HBO and won Best Documentary at the AFI Awards and a Peabody Award. Hamilton’s theater credits include, on Broadway, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean, and the original production of Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” as well as “Measure for Measure” at the New York Shakespeare Theatre Festival. She earned an Obie Award and the Clarence Derwent Award for her role in Athol Fugard’s “Valley Song.”
About the Moderator
Elisa New is the Director and Host of Poetry in America, director of the Center of Public Humanities at Arizona State University, director of Verse Video Education, and Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University. New created Poetry in America, a PBS series, to bring poetry into living rooms and onto screens of all kinds. The show can be seen on public television and streaming platforms, in schools and libraries, and on airlines. Guests include Joe Biden, Herbie Hancock, Gloria Estefan, Shaquille O’Neal, Elena Kagan, Nas, John McCain, Sonia Sanchez, Tony Kushner, Bill Clinton, Julia Alvarez, Bono, Cynthia Nixon, John Kerry, LisaGay Hamilton, Caroline Kennedy, Katie Couric, Al Gore, and David Strathairn. Along with the series, New produces educational materials on American poetry for all ages—from middle- and high-school students, to K-12 teachers, to lifelong learners—distributed by Harvard University, Amplify Education, and Arizona State University.
About Poetry In America
Poetry in America, created and directed by Harvard professor Elisa New, is a public television series and multi-platform educational initiative that brings the highest quality humanities content to diverse audiences around the world.
Poetry in America for-credit courses, non-credit learning experiences, and professional development opportunities—including programming designed specifically for high-school students and K-12 teachers—are available in partnership with Arizona State University and Harvard. The Poetry in America series is presented by GBH Boston and distributed by PBS Plus and American Public Television. Season One aired nationally in 2018. Season Two aired in April 2020, and Season Three will premiere in January 2022.
Funder information
Support for the television series Poetry in America is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Dalio Philanthropies, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Poetry Foundation, Deborah Hayes Stone and Max Stone.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Author Talk: Dr. Randal Maurice Jelks, author of “Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America”
2022-01-20 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
PBS Books, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to interview Dr. Randal Maurice Jelks, author of “Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America”. His book contains 12 meditations on contemporary political struggles for our society. The moderator of the conversation will be Venise Wagner.
Written in the form of letters to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jelks will provide insights his work that speaks specifically to the many public issues we presently confront in the United States—economic inequality, freedom of assembly, police brutality, ongoing social class conflicts and geopolitics. Award-winning author Jelks invites readers to reflect on US history by centering on questions of democracy that we must grapple with as a society.
Following the conversation, there will be an opportunity for questions from audience members on Facebook.
About the Author
Randal Maurice Jelks is a professor, a documentary producer and award-winning author. His latest book, “Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America” (Chicago Review Press, Jan 11, 2022) evokes Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter from the Birmingham Jail and contains 12 meditations on many of the public issues currently faced by citizens in the United States —economic inequality, freedom of assembly, police brutality, ongoing social class conflicts, and geopolitics.
Jelks was an executive producer of the documentary “I, Too, Sing America: Langston Hughes Unfurled”, and he currently teaches American Studies, African Studies and African American Studies at the University of Kansas. His writings have appeared in the Boston Review and The Los Angeles Review of Books, and he also serves as co-editor of the academic journal, “American Studies.”
About the Moderator
Venise Wagner is professor of journalism at San Francisco State University where she has taught since 2001. She has a 12-year career as a reporter for several California dailies, including The Orange County Register, The San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle. She has won awards for her coverage of education and of religion/ethics. She has covered border issues, religion and ethics, schools and education, urban issues and issues in the Bay Area’s various black communities. Venise served as chair of the Journalism Department from January 2008 to January 2013, a department at the time with 500 students. She has a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urban and a M.A. in International Policy Studies, with an emphasis in Latin America from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
She is co-author/co-editor of “Reporting Inequality: Tools and Methods for Covering Race and Ethnicity,” which was published in 2019 by Routledge. She is working on a forthcoming family memoir that explores the intergenerational impact of structural racism on her family from slavery to the 1970s.

The National Day of Racial Healing Virtual Livestream
2022-01-18 15:00 (America/Detroit) | Facebook Live
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022, is a day to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism. The National Day of Racial Healing is an opportunity to bring ALL people together in their common humanity and inspire collective action to create a more just and equitable world. Since its launch in 2017, this day has been observed every year on the Tuesday following Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien has just been announced as this year’s host. The National Day of Racial Healing Virtual Livestream happens at Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 3PM ET / 12PM PT.
PBS Books is pleased to partner with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to host the National Day of Racial Healing with a PBS Books Gathering at 8PM ET | 5PM ET on January 18 for libraries and local PBS stations to share with their communities. The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) have called upon their collective memberships to observe the day with reflection and action. Library partners have expressed an interest in sharing the conversation later in the evening. PBS Books will host the program at 8pm ET on its social channels, so that libraries can easily share the content with their community on Facebook, YT, or by embedding it. Go here for Partner Toolkit [LINK].
The 6th annual National Day of Racial Healing observance will be hosted by Soledad O’Brien. Visit the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s YouTube Channel to view the event.
A second virtual gathering will take place on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 8PM EST on the PBS Books Facebook page.
Resources
To learn more about how you can start a dialogue of racial healing in your community, check out the National Day of Racial Healing website.

PBS Books, USA TODAY & The Muhammad Ali Center present CHAMPION OF SERVICE: CELEBRATING MUHAMMAD ALI
2022-01-12 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
In recognition of his 80th birthday, PBS Books, USA TODAY and the Muhammad Ali Center will present “Champion of Service: Celebrating Muhammad Ali,” a live virtual event at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, on the PBS Books Facebook page.
Additional partners include the Louisville Courier Journal, Metro Louisville United Way, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and Kentucky Educational Television (KET).
Known as the G.O.A.T. for his success inside the boxing ring, this program will explore how Muhammad Ali became a champion of humanitarianism through his commitment to service outside of the ring. Featuring Muhammad’s family members and close friends, this program will provide a unique perspective on the Champ from the people who knew him best. This program will explore how Muhammad inspired those around him to follow in his footsteps through acts of courage, generosity, selflessness, kindness, and compassion.
His widow, and vice chair and co-founder of the Ali Center, Lonnie Ali, will introduce the one-hour event. Guest speakers will include PBS filmmaker Ken Burns; Hana Ali, Muhammad Ali’s daughter; John Ramsey, a personal friend; David Chaudoir, longtime employee; and Dr. Richard Lapchick, who is a human rights activist, author, scholar and the 2021 Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award recipient. Each participant will draw upon their personal experiences with Muhammad and share their own unique perspectives on his life and legacy as a humanitarian.
The virtual program will include a short video about the Ali Center and Ken Burns sharing some inspirational comments and a segment from his PBS documentary, “Muhammad Ali.”
This online national program will also offer encouragement to others to participate in service projects across the country on January 17th, 2022, Ali’s birthday. This day also coincides with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, offering another opportunity to give back to those in our own communities who are suffering racial or social injustices.
Our hope is to spark service and acts of kindness within communities across the country on MLK Day and Ali’s birthday, which has traditionally been known as a National Day of Service. Here are resources on how you can plan to do this in your communities:
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MASTERPIECE: All Creatures Great and Small Season 2
2022-01-04 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
Join PBS Books for a conversation with Ben Vanstone, Writer and Executive Producer of All Creatures Great and Small.
As the writer and Executive Producer, Vanstone will discuss Season 2 and provide insights into the adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small, the classic story written by James Herriot. Season 2 begins on Sunday, January 9, 2022, 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on PBS. All Creatures Great and Small returns for an all-new season of heartfelt moments, friendship, and mischief! Transport yourself back to the Yorkshire Dales once again with James, Siegfried Farnon, Tristan Farnon, Helen Alderson, Mrs. Hall, and more. After the events of the Season 1 finale, will James and Helen find their way together? Will James decide to call the Dales home? And can Siegfried and Tristan manage to work together without complete and utter disaster? More laughs, more love, and more animals (and yes, more Tricki Woo) await in Season 2!
Running 7 episodes, Season 2 of All Creatures Great and Small is slated to premiere January 9, 2022, on MASTERPIECE on PBS. Season 2 will be available to view on-air, online, and on the PBS Video app. Season 1 aired January 10 – February 21, 2021 on MASTERPIECE on PBS.
BEN VANSTONE
Ben received stellar reviews for his adaptation of Laurie Lee’s classic novel Cider with Rosie for the BBC, starring Samantha Morton and Tim Spall. He adapted The Borrowers for NBC and the BBC, directed by Tom Harper and also wrote The Last Kingdom for BBC2 and Netflix. He was on staff of the BBC’s hit drama MERLIN which was also broadcast in the US on NBC. More recently he has written and Executive Produced All Creatures Great and Small for Playground Entertainment and channel5. Prior to that, Ben wrote and was Co-Executive Producer on THE ENGLISH GAME, for Netflix.

Author Talk: John U. Bacon of Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lesson In Leadership From America's Worst High School Hockey Team
2021-12-28 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
Join PBS Books in conversation with John U. Bacon, author of Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons In Leadership From America’s Worst High School Hockey Team.
About the Author
Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author, John U. Bacon, has written a new book about his experience coaching one of the worst high school hockey teams in the U.S. to historic success. When many coaches, school officials, and fans had given up on the teens, Bacon’s book Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America’s Worst High School Hockey Team details the strategies that led to the team’s turnaround — and the lessons learned then that still apply to today’s coaching and parenting.

The End-of-Year Financial Checklist
2021-12-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit)
Between the holiday parties and resolution setting – it’s important to take some time at the end of the year to check in on your finances. Review your investing strategies, rebalance your portfolios, and revamp your budget to set yourself up for the new year. Join us for the End-of-Year Financial Checklist.
Panelists:
CHRIS BROWNING, Founder and Host of the ‘Popcorn Finance’ podcast
MARGUERITA CHENG, a Certified Financial Planner
LAURA ADAMS, a personal finance expert and award-winning author
PAM KRUEGER, creator of the MoneyTrack series seen on Public Television stations, and a co-host of the Friends Talk Money Podcast

MASTERPIECE Adaptation: Around the World in Eighty Days With Screenwriter Ashley Pharoah
2021-12-14 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
The Magic of Masterpiece
PBS Books presents this VIRTUAL TALK with world-renowned Ashley Pharoah, screenwriter of the new MASTERPIECE adaptation Around the World in Eighty Days.
Around the World in Eighty Days is the classic adventure novel by Jules Verne. A new, 8-part adaptation of the novel airs on MASTERPIECE beginning January 2, 2022. Our guest is its creator, writer, and executive producer—Ashley Pharoah. In Jules Verne’s story, wealthy Victorian eccentric Phileas Fogg wagers he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. David Tennant stars as literature’s greatest explorer; he’s joined by Ibrahim Koma and Leonie Benesch, who costar as his intrepid traveling companions. Don’t miss getting an inside-look at what writer Ashley Pharoah was thinking. Watch Around the World In 80 Days, Sundays, Jan. 2-Feb. 20, 2022, 8/7c only on MASTERPIECE on PBS.
ABOUT THE WRITER
Ashley Pharoh was educated at Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital School, Bristol, and the University Of Sussex, where he read English. He studied screenwriting at The National Film And Television School, where his graduation film Water’s Edge was nominated for a BAFTA. After cutting his teeth on Eastenders, Ashley created Where The Heart Is for ITV, a series that ran for over ten years. Other series that Ashley created and wrote during this time include Paradise Heights, Down To Earth, Life Support, Bonekickers and Anchor Me. Classic adaptations include Tom Brown’s Schooldays (starring Stephen Fry and Alex Pettyfer), Under the Greenwood Tree (starring Keeley Hawes), and Moonfleet (starring Ray Winstone). Contemporary adaptations include Kate Atkinson’s Case Histories starring Jason Isaacs. Ashley co-created Life on Mars and its sequel, Ashes To Ashes, winning two International Emmys. There was a series about misbehaving angels for ITV – Eternal Law – and the long-running saga of a family trying to make a go of it on a South African game farm, Wild At Heart. Wrote and produced The Living And The Dead, set in rural Somerset in 1894, about a man of science who starts to see ghosts. It starred Colin Morgan and Charlotte Spencer.
His reimagining of Around The World In Eighty Days, starring David Tennant, was filmed in Bucharest and Cape Town during very challenging COVID conditions and will be screened Christmas 2021. In 2011 Ashley was made an Honorary Fellow of The National Film And Television School “in recognition of outstanding contribution to the British film and television industry”. In a ceremony at Bath Abbey in 2016, Ashley was made a Doctor of Letters by Bath Spa University for his contribution to screenwriting and television production.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Amanda Mountain is the first female CEO in RMPBS history and is one of the youngest public media CEOs in the country. She has nearly 20 years of experience in media and has worked in leadership roles at Freedom Communications and Viacom in addition to her six year tenure at RMPBS before taking over at the helm.

Celebrate the Holidays: The Nutcracker with Jan Brett
2021-12-02 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit)
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PBS Books presents this Author Talk with best-selling and award-winning author and illustrator Jan Brett as she discusses her latest holiday book The Nutcracker. PBS will air The Nutcracker during December—check your local listing.
About the Author
Jan Brett is the New York Times #1 bestselling artist/author of over 35 picture books which have sold over 42 million copies combined. Her books have been chosen as “Best Children’s Books of the Year” by The New Yorker, Parents, Redbook, and others. Brett lives in Norwell, MA

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Health Insurance Marketplace: Managing Your Medical Resources
2021-11-19 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit)
Randall Rutta, Chief Executive Officer at National Health Council
Myles Ma, a health care expert and senior managing editor of Easy Money, the personal finance newsletter from Policygenius
Kim Lankford, a financial journalist who’s written about Medicare and personal finance for AARP, U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post, Next Avenue, and other publications
Laura Adams, a personal finance expert and award-winning author

Author Talk for Parents: Claire Lerner, Why Is My Child In Charge?
2021-11-16 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
PBS Books presents this Author Talk with Claire Lerner, helping parents get ready for the holidays with their children.
Through stories from her practice, Lerner will provide tips to empower parents on how to make critical mindshifts and enable us to see their children’s behaviors through a new lens. Lerner will share highlights from her book and provide insights into how to establish a new path. roadmap for how to tune into the root causes of children’s behavior and how to create and implement strategies that are tailored to the unique needs of each child and family.
About the Author
Claire Lerner is a child development specialist and practicing clinician with more than 30 years of experience working with children and families in a range of capacities. Trained as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist, she began her career as a child and family therapist. For nearly 20 years, Lerner served as the director of parenting resources at ZERO TO THREE.
Lerner is the author of hundreds of parenting resources, including blogs, podcasts, videos, and her new book, Why Is My Child in Charge? She writes a column for PBS Kids, frequently contributes to parenting publications, and has served as a content expert for numerous national daily newspapers.
Her work and her writing are informed by her background in mental health, her clinical experience with hundreds of children and families, and what she describes as her most important “training”: raising two wonderfully complex and very spirited now adult children. She is also a mother to two adult stepchildren. Claire Lerner lives in Washington, DC with her husband and a dog.

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Trailblazer Author: Toni Jensen
2021-11-09 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
PBS Books, in collaboration with WTTW, presents a conversation with Toni Jensen, author of Carry and From the Hilltop. The conversation will be moderated by author and veteran David Tromblay.
Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land is a powerful, poetic memoir-in-essays about gun violence, land, and Indigenous women’s lives. From the Hilltop draws on American Indian oral traditions and Jensen’s own Métis upbringing to tell stories that mix many lives and voices – her characters offer fleeting perspectives on a world that reconfigures the tragedy and disconnection often found in narratives of American Indian life.
About the Author
Toni Jensen teaches in the MFA programs at the University of Arkansas and the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is a 2020 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and her work has been published in Orion, Catapult, and Ecotone. She is Métis.

Celebrate the Holidays: Diwali with Mitali Banerjee Ruths
2021-11-02 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit)
PBS Books presents this Author Talk with children’s author Mitali Banerjee Ruths about her new book Archie Celebrates Diwali.
Join us the week of Diwali to learn about this important holiday through Archie’s family’s celebration. Part of the Hindu tradition and celebrated throughout India, Diwali is the festival of lights. Enjoy learning about Archie’s struggle to fit in and share part of her own culture. Learn about Ruths’s inspiration, creative process, and have an opportunity to ask questions. Plus, enjoy a festive hands-on activity!
About the Author
Mitali Banerjee Ruths grew up celebrating Hindu festivals with her family. She is an American living in Canada who sometimes still dreams about being an astronaut. Archie Celebrates Diwali is her first book.

Financial & Investment Education Live Event
2021-10-22 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit)
Oct. 22 “FINANCIAL FRAUD: DISGUISES TO WATCH OUT FOR”
Losing your retirement savings and investments to scams and fraud can be devastating. Some disguises are easy to spot – while others trip up even the most seasoned traders. Learn how to recognize, report and protect yourself from all types of financial fraud. Stream this virtual conversation on the PBS Books Facebook page, Friday, October 22, at 1 p.m. ET.
Panelists include:
Joseph Brady, The North American Securities Administrators Association
Tiffany Couch, Founder and CEO of forensics firm, ‘Acuity Forensics’
Mari Adam, Certified Financial Planner

Virtual Storytime with Pinkalicious Author Victoria Kann
2021-10-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Detroit)
Virtual Storytime with Pinkalicious Author Victoria Kann: Tuesday, October 19 at 6:00pm ET:
PBS Books is proud to partner with GPB and the Georgia Public Library Service for a pinkaperfect evening with award-winning illustrator and author, Victoria Kann.
Join us for a special reading of Victoria’s newest book, Rubylicious. This gem of a book about generosity and kindness looks at how being selfless can be its own reward. Following the story, Victoria will share thoughts and insights about Pinkalicious, Peterrific, and all of their friends in Pinkville. She’ll also be answering questions from the PBS Books FB chat! Or tweet your questions using the hashtag #GPBLovesPink and follow along to learn more about these pinkatastic friends!
Victoria Kann
Victoria Kann is the award-winning illustrator and author of the picture book series featuring the whimsical and effervescent Pinkalicious, and the Co-Executive Producer of the hit PBS Kids series, Pinkalicious & Peterrific. She wrote and illustrated The New York Times number-one bestsellers Goldilicious, Silverlicious and Emeraldalicious; she also co authored and illustrated the first two books in the series, Pinkalicious and Purplicious, as well as “Pinkalicious: the Musical,” which premiered in New York to sold-out audiences and continues to be performed across the country. Before that, Victoria was commissioned to illustrate for magazines and newspapers including Time, Business Week, Harper’s Magazine, The Washington Post and The New York Times. She is a graduate of The Rhode Island School of Design and has taught at RISD, Parson’s and The School of Visual Arts.
Julie Walker
Julie Walker is Georgia’s State Librarian and Associate Vice Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. She has also served as Deputy State Librarian, Assistant State Librarian for Support Services and Strategic Initiatives, and as the first Program Director for PINES (Public Information Network for Electronic Services), Georgia’s statewide library card program. She served as Associate Director at the Athens Regional Library System in Athens, GA, and has held professional positions in library systems in Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Asheboro, North Carolina. She is a past president of the Georgia Library Association, and Associate Editor of the Georgia Library Quarterly.

Author Talk: James Patterson and Matt Eversmann on E.R. Nurses
2021-10-12 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
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Tuesday, October 12 at 8:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM PT: PBS Books presents this Author Talk with world’s best-selling author James Patterson and author Matt Eversmann about their latest collaborative book E.R. Nurses.
In celebration of ER Nurse Week, PBSs Books is honored to host this virtual engagement event with authors James Patterson and Matt Eversmann on October 12th as part of our ongoing program to bring quality programming to libraries and PBS stations. The event will enable audiences to hear about the book and get a sneak peak into their process as they documented real-life stories of ER nurses who save lives everyday. This conversation will feature an intimate, moderated Q&As will be moments to learn about the care and curiosity that generates great writing. As always, this PBS Books content will be accessible to all audiences.
About the Authors
James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author. His enduring fictional characters and series include Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Middle School, and Ali Cross, along with such acclaimed works of narrative nonfiction as Walk in My Combat Boots, E.R. Nurses, and his autobiography, James Patterson by James Patterson. Bill Clinton (The President Is Missing) and Dolly Parton (Run, Rose, Run) are among his notable literary collaborators. For his prodigious imagination and championship of literacy in America, Patterson was awarded the 2019 National Humanities Medal. The National Book Foundation presented him with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, and he is also the recipient of an Edgar Award and nine Emmy Awards. He lives in Florida with his family.
Matt Eversmann retired from the Army after twenty years of service. His last assignment was as an Infantry Company First Sergeant in the 10th Mountain Division during the surge in Iraq. He spent almost half of his career in the 75th Ranger Regiment and was a member of Task Force Ranger, the unit immortalized in the film Black Hawk Down. Matt and his family live in West Palm Beach where he runs his own consulting company, Eversmann Advisory.

Celebrating Muhammad Ali: Performance and Talk with Kwame Alexander, Author of Becoming Muhammad Ali
2021-09-21 17:30 (America/Detroit)
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On Tuesday, September 21 at 5:30pm ET | 4:30pm CT, Join WTTW and PBS Books via Facebook Live for a Performance and Talk with Kwame Alexander, author of Becoming Muhammad Ali. Brandis Friedman, co-anchor and correspondent for WTTW’s flagship nightly newsmagazine Chicago Tonight and host of Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, will moderate the conversation.
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times bestselling author of 35 books, notably Swing; Becoming Muhammad Ali, co-authored with James Patterson; Booked, longlisted for the National Book Award; Rebound, shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal (UK); The Undefeated, a picture book illustrated by Kadir Nelson that won the Caldecott and Newbery Medals; and his Newbery Medal-winning novel The Crossover.
Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse. We meet his family, neighbors, and childhood friends, and follow his struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing.
You will learn about Cassius’ childhood in Louisville, Kentucky, and how, after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur boxer at age twelve. Just three years later, he won his first Golden Gloves bout and began his transformation into the unrivaled Muhammad Ali.

How to Make Your Earnings Work For You – Through Retirement
2021-09-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit)
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Join PBS Books for the upcoming episode in our virtual series about financial and investor protection all about making earnings WORK FOR YOU. Whether you are grinding away as a newbie in your career, or slowing down as you gear up for retirement – making sure the money you earn today will cover your expenses later in life, is an important conversation to have.
Listen as financial experts discuss when to make adjustments to retirement accounts, how to cash in on credit card rewards, and the best way to explore a passive income stream – then engage with the panelists yourself by asking questions live – via Facebook Live.
Tune in on September 17th at 1pm ET on the PBS Books Facebook page.

Celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival: Author Talk: Maria Hinojosa
2021-09-16 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit)
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Thursday, September 16th at 8:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM PT: PBS Books presents this Author Talk with Maria Hinojosa about her book Once I Was You.
In collaboration with Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), PBS Books is honored to host this virtual engagement event with author Maria Hinojosa on September 16th as part of our dynamic, sequel partnership with The Library of Congress for the 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival “Open a Book, Open the World.”
After a successful partnership with The Library of Congress last year, this second series of virtual author talks with legendary authors of our time will center on this year’s theme: “Open a Book, Open the World.” The 2021 LOC Festival will be a 10-day event, held from September 17-26, 2021. Programming includes a 60-minute PBS Books special, exploring the many worlds authors create, investigate, and share. Hosted by LeVar Burton, the special will premiere on Sunday, September 12, from 6-7pm ET (Check your local listing). Additional PBS feed dates are Saturday, September 18 at 7pm ET, and Sunday, September 19 at 1:30pm ET (more details to follow). Expect diverse discussions from incredible guests like Angie Thomas, Tana French, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Michael J. Fox.
Throughout the months of August and September, PBS Books is hosting ten events to celebrate several authors who are part of this thrilling special. These intimate, moderated Q&As will be moments to learn about the care and curiosity that generates great writing. The events will provide insights into the upcoming festival and will be targeted to particular national regions. As always, this PBS Books content will be accessible to all audiences.
About the Author
Maria Hinojosa’s nearly thirty-year career as a journalist includes reporting for PBS, CBS, WGBH, WNBC, CNN, NPR, and anchoring and executive producing the Peabody Award–winning show Latino USA, distributed by Futuro Media and PRX. She is a frequent guest on MSNBC, and has won several awards, including four Emmys, the Studs Terkel Community Media Award, two Robert F. Kennedy Awards, and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Overseas Press Club. In 2010, she founded Futuro Media, an independent nonprofit organization with the mission of producing multimedia content from a POC perspective. Through the breadth of her work and as the founding co-anchor of the political podcast In The Thick, Hinojosa has informed millions about the changing cultural and political landscape in America and abroad. She lives with her family in Harlem in New York City. Follow Maria on Twitter at @Maria_Hinojosa and Facebook at Maria.Hinojosa.718.
