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Meet the Author: Kwame Alexander
Thursday, July 22, 2021 6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Enjoy a virtual talk by best-selling author, educator, poet and publisher, Kwame Alexander. He is the author of over 35 books for children and teens and has won numerous literary awards, including the prestigious Newbery Medal.
Event Information
Please click the link below at 6:30 p.m. on July 22 to join the event:
https://zoom.us/j/98126480103
This event cannot be recorded.
About the Author
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including SWING, BECOMING MUHAMMAD ALI, co-authored with James Patterson, BOOKED, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he founded the publishing imprint VERSIFY, and opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. He is the writer and executive producer of THE CROSSOVER TV series on Disney plus. Learn more at kwamealexander.com.
Questions: Email rthomas@richlandlibrary.com
This event is made possible thanks to funding from the C.G. Fuller Foundation.