Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Celebrating African American writers

 
The Sag Harbor community celebrated African American writers on February 10 2023 with a Read-In at the John Jermaine Library.

The readers included

Georgette Grier-Key  
Rev. Kimberly Johnson
Stony Brook U. Professor Marvin Colson,  
Chloe Hayward  
Heidi Rain  
Maria De Logoria  
Barbara Moss  
Harriet Simon  
Deacon Kenneth Brown  
Tom Oleszczuk
Stephen Mack  
Kathryn Szoka  
Maggie Bloomfield  

Listen to the February 22 broadcast (29 min)

Listen to the complete February 10 reading.(1 hr 33 min)

Here are some upcoming literary events on eastern Long Island:

Thursday February 23 at 6:30 PM

On Zoom: A Conversation with author Hazel Selzer Kahan about her memoir  A House in Lahore: Growing Up Jewish in Pakistan 

Register on line at MattituckLaurelLibrary.org 

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Thursday February 23  @ 7 PM

Poetry Reading: Anthony Policano & Gloria g. Murray plus open mic

1650 Sycamore Avenue

Suite 46 

Bohemia, NY 

more information and upcoming poetry sessions at

tammynuzzomorgan@gmail.com

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Canios Books 290 Main St. Sag Harbor. 

Friday Feb 24 at 6 p.m. Emma Walton Hamilton reads from her poetry collection, Door to Door

Sat. March 4  at 5 pm. We begin Women’s History Month with debut novelist June Gervais  author of Jobs For Girls with Artistic Flair, an upbeat, feminist, coming-of-age story set in 1980s Long Island, in conversation with novelist Susan Scarf Merrell, author of Shirley.

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The Riverhead NY Public Library and Zoom:

Saturday February 25,   2pm-4pm  

Poetry Street LIVE with  Deborah Hauser, Matthew Forrest and Jawaan Sween 

followed by an open mic, hosted by Chip Williford, and Maggie Bloomfield

Send upcoming events to eastendnewsteam@yahoo.com

 


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