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Navigate Your Stars: A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward

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

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

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

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

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 - ages 19+ |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | General Interest |

TAGS: | EDI |

Santori Library

Phone: 630-264-4117
Fax: 630-892-5648
Branch manager
Tom Spicer

Hours
Mon, Jun 05 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jun 06 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jun 07 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jun 08 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jun 09 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jun 10 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 11 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

A state-of-the-art center for technology, information, literacy creativity and community. Equipped with a Makerspace, local history and genealogy room, teen space, and study rooms.

Contact Tom

Upcoming events

Mon, Jun 05, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Mon, Jun 05, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Mon, Jun 05, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
West Branch - Meeting Room

Mon, Jun 05, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Eola Road Branch - Eola Children's Program Room

Tue, Jun 06, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Tue, Jun 06, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Tue, Jun 06, 10:00am - 10:30am
West Branch - Meeting Room

Wed, Jun 07, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Wed, Jun 07, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Wed, Jun 07, 10:30am - 11:30am
Phillips Park Zoo - 1000 Ray Moses Drive

Thu, Jun 08, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Thu, Jun 08, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Thu, Jun 08, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
West Branch - Meeting Room

Fri, Jun 09, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Fri, Jun 09, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Sat, Jun 10, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Sat, Jun 10, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Sun, Jun 11, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Sun, Jun 11, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Sun, Jun 11, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Eola Road Branch - Eola 108 Small Meeting Room

Mon, Jun 12, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Mon, Jun 12, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Mon, Jun 12, 9:00am - 10:00am
Arrow Wood Park - Colorado Ave. & Commonwealth Ave.

Mon, Jun 12, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Eola Road Branch - Eola Children's Program Room

Tue, Jun 13, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Tue, Jun 13, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Tue, Jun 13, 10:00am - 10:30am
West Branch - Meeting Room

Wed, Jun 14, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Wed, Jun 14, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Wed, Jun 14, 10:30am - 11:30am
Phillips Park Zoo - 1000 Ray Moses Dr.

Thu, Jun 15, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Thu, Jun 15, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Fri, Jun 16, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Fri, Jun 16, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Sat, Jun 17, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Sat, Jun 17, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Sat, Jun 17, 10:00am - 11:00am
Santori Library - N125/N126 Combo

Sun, Jun 18, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Sun, Jun 18, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Mon, Jun 19, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Mon, Jun 19, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Mon, Jun 19, 9:00am - 10:00am
Arrow Wood Park - Colorado Ave. & Commonwealth Ave.

Mon, Jun 19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Eola Road Branch - Eola Large Meeting Room

Mon, Jun 19, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Eola Road Branch - Eola Children's Program Room

Tue, Jun 20, All day
Santori Library - Atrium

Tue, Jun 20, All day
Eola Road Branch - Lobby & West Branch - Entrance Display Case

Tue, Jun 20, 10:00am - 10:30am
West Branch - Meeting Room