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Arlington Reads, Spring 2019

Our Stories, Ourselves

Jacqueline Woodson, Mary Karr, Susan Orlean, Tracy K, Smith

Jacqueling Woodson, Mary Karr, Susan Orlean and Tracy K Smith

The 2019 Arlington Reads Signature Author series featured four women writers – the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, a New York Times-bestselling memoirist, an acclaimed journalist and New Yorker staffer, and the two-term poet laureate of the United States – whose diverse voices and experiences remind us that everyone has a story.

Kick off the 2019 Arlington Reads series with bestselling author Jacqueline Woodson.

Arlington Reads Signature Author Jacqueline Woodson, in conversation with Library Director Diane Kresh, Central Library Auditorium, Thursday, March 14, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Learn how she weaves real life experiences into her novels, including "Brown Girl Dreaming," which won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, and "Another Brooklyn," her first adult novel in twenty years.

Award winning writer, poet and songwriter Mary Karr continues the 2019 Arlington Reads series.

Arlington Reads Signature Author Mary Karr, at Central Library Auditorium, Thursday, April 18, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

In her latest book, "Lit: A Memoir," Karr tells the story of her alcoholism and recovery, the triumphs and travails of motherhood, and learning to write by learning to live.

A conversation with Susan Orlean, bestselling author, journalist and essayist the Washington Post calls "a national treasure."

Arlington Reads Signature Author Susan Orlean in conversation with Library Director Diane Kresh, at Central Library, Monday, April 22, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Susan Orlean's deeply moving explorations of American stories both familiar and obscure have earned her a reputation as one of America’s most distinctive journalistic voices.

Award-winning two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith continues the 2019 Arlington Reads series.

Arlington Reads Signature Author Tracy K. Smith, at Central Library Auditorium on Thursday, May 16, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Award-winning two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith continues the 2019 Arlington Reads series.

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