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Author Talk: Kelly Yang

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 [...]

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Author Talk: Judith Brodsky with Jodi Throckmorton

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.

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Masterpiece: Sanditon Season Two

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.

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‘Democracy in Crisis’ With Barton Gellman

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.

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Trailblazer: Poetry, Celebrating Robert Frost’s Birthday

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.

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Trailblazer: Ben Franklin and The Library

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.

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‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ With Sarah Kendzior

Hear from Sarah Kendzior, author of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America, as part of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series.

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“The Twilight of Democracy” With Anne Applebaum

Pulitzer Prize winning historian, journalist and commentator Anne Applebaum delivers the keynote lecture of the Spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series, in conversation with Dean Michael S. Barr.

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Trailblazer: Ben Franklin and STEM

Wednesday, April 6 at 5pm ET | 2pm PT, PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with children’s author Alicia Klepeis, author of The Science And Technology of Ben Franklin.

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World Health Day with Dr. Sandro Galea and Dr. Valerie Maholmes

In celebration of World Health Day, 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 Dr. Sandro Galea, discussing his latest book The Contagion Next Time, with Dr. Valerie Maholmes, Chief of the Pediatric Trauma and Critical Illness Branch at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

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Brit Bennett, 33rd Annual Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series

Thursday, April 8 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, PBS Books presents, in partnership with the Marygrove Conservancy and The Tuxedo Project, is excited to welcome novelist and essayist Brit Bennett as the guest author for the 33rd Annual Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series (CAALS).

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