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Literary Thursdays: Jared Lemu...

Sep 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
Winner of the 2026 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collect...

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Literary Thursdays: Sarah J. J...

Sep 24, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Since the nations founding Black Americans have had a unique perspective on the U.S. experience—a second sight—that...

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Literary Thursdays: Chris Camp...

Oct 1, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Winner of the 2026 Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work VHS by Pushcart Prize-winning author Chris Cam...

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Literary Thursdays: Miriam Zoi...

Oct 8, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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In Muévelo Radio Menea hosts Miriam Zoila Pérez and Verónica Bayetti Flores explore how migration colonialism and c...

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Literary Thursdays: Dorothy La...

Oct 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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In Behind the Desk at the Main librarian Dorothy Lazard shares an intimate look at life inside the Oakland Public L...

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Literary Thursdays: Ijeoma Uch...

Oct 22, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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In Chain Reaction leading chemist Ijeoma Uchegbu reveals the hidden chemistry behind everyday life from DNA and egg...

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Literary Thursdays: Diana Puls...

Oct 29, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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In The Others acclaimed author and religious studies scholar D. W. Pasulka explores alleged encounters with nonhuma...

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Literary Thursdays: Christina ...

Nov 5, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Christina Lis The Manor of Dreams is a haunting novel about the secrets that lie in wait in the crumbling mansion o...

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Literary Thursdays: David Weid...

Nov 12, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

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From the award-winning author of Winter Counts comes a new thriller about life and death on the Rosebud Indian Rese...

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Literary Thursdays: Eric Athas...

Dec 3, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Eric Athas examines why we are so easily drawn to the latest products trends technologies and experiences and how t...

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Literary Thursdays: Madison Mu...

Dec 10, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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The more we start to live like mushrooms author Madison Murphy Barney argues the more healthy just and abundant our...

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Literary Thursdays: Julian Bra...

Dec 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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We Survived the Night is a deeply personal exploration of Indigenous identity history family and survival. Blending...