River Styx at Duff's presents Major Jackson (author of Hoops) and Brett Eugene Ralph (author of Black Sabbatical).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T123705Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jim-hirsch-willie-mays URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jim-hirsch-willie-mays SUMMARY:Jim Hirsch - Willie Mays DESCRIPTION:Authorized by Willie Mays and written by New York Times best-selling author Jim Hirsch\, this is the definitive biography of one of baseball's immortals. Willie Mays began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues\, became a cult hero in New York\, and was the headliner in Major Leage Buaseball's bold expansion to California. He was a blend of power\, speed\, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades. Willie is perhaps best known for "\;The Catch\,"\; his breathtaking over-the-shoulder grab in the 1954 World Series. But he was a transcendent figure who received standing ovations in enemy stadiums and who\, during the turbulent civil rights era\, urged understanding and reconciliation. With meticulous research\, and drawing on interviews with Mays himself as well as with close friends\, family\, and teammates\, Hirsch presents a complex portrait of one of America's most significant cultural icons\, revealing the man behind the player.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T123705Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T230000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/paul-volponi-black-and-white URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/paul-volponi-black-and-white SUMMARY:Paul Volponi - Black and White DESCRIPTION:Marcus and Eddie are the stars of Long Island City High School's basketball team. Marcus is black and Eddie is white\, but they got past all that "\;racial crap"\; and have been best friends for years. Then one cold night\, something goes wrong. Told in their two voices\, Black and White is the gripping story of two boys who make a bad mistake. It's also a heartbreaking look at the realities of the urban criminial justice system. Black and White is the featured book for ReadMOre\, an initiative of the St. Louis Public Library. Teens can pick up free copies of Black and White at library branches before the event. Paul Volponi is a writer\, journalist and teacher. For six years he taught incarcerated teens on Rikers Island to read and write\, and for six years taught teens in drug day-treatment centers\, influencing many of his novels. Volponi's other books\, including his newest\, Rikers High\, will be available for purchase from Left Bank Books before and at the event.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T123705Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/alex-berenson-midnight-house URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/alex-berenson-midnight-house SUMMARY:Alex Berenson - The Midnight House DESCRIPTION:CIA agent Jon Wells returns\, in a cutting-edge novel of modern suspense from #1 New York Times best-selling writer Alex Berenson. Early one morning\, a former CIA agent is shot to death in the street. That night\, an army vet is gunned down in his doorway. The next day\, John Wells gets a phone call. Come to Langley. Now. The two victims were part of an eleven-member interrogation team that operated out of a secret base in Poland called the Midnight House. Now Wells must find out who is killing them. As a reporter for The New York Times\, Alex Berenson has covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq to the flooding of New Orleans to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff. His previous novels include The Faithful Spy\, winner of the 2007 Edgar Award for best first novel\, and The Ghost War.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T123705Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/michael-shelden-mark-twain-man-white URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/michael-shelden-mark-twain-man-white SUMMARY:Michael Shelden - Mark Twain\: Man in White DESCRIPTION:Filled with first-rate scholarship\, never-before-published photos\, delightful anecdoetes\, and memorable quotes\, Michael Shelden's biography of Mark Twain's last years provides a remarkable portrait of the man himself\, and the unforgettable era in American letters that he helped to created. Although Mark Twain has long been one of our most beloved literary figures\, his final years have been largely misunderstood. Writing ceaselessly and always ready with one of his legendary quips\, Twain would risk his fortune\, become the willing victim of a lost-at-sea hoax\, and pick fights with King Leopold of Belgium and Mary Baker Eddy.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T123705Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/robin-stone-my-times-black-and-white URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/robin-stone-my-times-black-and-white SUMMARY:Robin Stone - My Times in Black and White DESCRIPTION:After a career of many firsts\, journalist Gerald M. Boyd shattered the color barrier of the white establishment's most exclusive media giant\, the New York Times\, and became its first black managing editor. Boyd's tale provides a rare inside view of power and behind-the-scenes politics at the nation's premier newspaper during one of its tumultous periods. Before the New York Times\, Boyd was at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch\, where he worked his way up from copyboy to White House correspondent. A native of St. Louis\, Boyd attended the University of Missouri under a Post-Dispatch scholarship program and Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow. He died in November 2006 at the age of 56. Robin D. Stone\, who was married to Boyd\, is an independent journalist who has edited for several publications\, including the New York Times\, the Boston Globe\, and Essence Magazine. She is the author of No Secrets\, No Lies\: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse\, and she will be speaking about Boyd's book\, My Times in Black and White\, at this event.
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