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2011 Seattle Reads: Book-It Repertory Theater, May 17
The Seattle Public Library hosted staged readings from Chris Cleave's "Little Bee" adapted and directed by Annie Lareau and performed by Book-It Repertory Theatre at four Library locations.
View Video Run time unavailable | Posted May 2011
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2011 Seattle Reads Chris Cleave at Beacon Hill Branch, May 14
Chris Cleave speaks at the Beacon Hill Branch about "Little Bee" as part of the 2011 Seattle Reads program. The Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library invites everyone to take part in Seattle Reads "Little Bee," a project designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. Recorded on May 14, 2011.
Listen to Audio (00:36:45) | View transcription (pdf) | Posted May 2011
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2011 Seattle Reads Main Event with Chris Cleave, May 13
Join us for the main event of Seattle Reads "Little Bee": An Evening with Chris Cleave. Two narrators tell a story, both heartbreaking and heartwarming, about how their lives are forever changed and linked when they meet one fateful day on a beach in Nigeria: Little Bee, a young Nigerian refugee in the UK, and Sarah, posh British magazine editor and mother of four-year-old Charlie, who refuses to take off his Batman costume. Recorded on May 13, 2011.
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2010 Seattle Reads 'Secret Son': Main Event with Author Laila Lalami
Author Laila Lalami read from and discussed "Secret Son" for the main event of Seattle Reads on May 7, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library. -
2010 Seattle Reads 'Secret Son': Facets of Islam
Seattle University professor Olúfémi Táíwò moderated a discussion of the Muslim faith, culture and politics with panelists Turki Sami Basfar, Rajaa A. Gharbi and Amine Tais. -
2010 Seattle Reads 'Secret Son': 'Unrolling the Grape Leaves'
Local Arab American writers presented "Unrolling the Grape Leaves" on March 31, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library. -
2009 Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Main Event with Nancy Rawles
Nancy Rawles spoke on "Living with Passion" for the main event of Seattle Reads "My Jim" on May 22, 2009 at the Central Library. -
2009 Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Contemporary African-American Writing
Two authors, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Attica Locke, discussed contemporary African-American writing on May 15, 2009 at the Central Library.
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2009 Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Huck Finn: In or Out of School?
Two teachers, two students, and a parent discussed the merits and challenges of teaching "Huckleberry Finn" in the schools on April 11, 2009 at the Central Library. -
2008 Seattle Reads Main Event: An evening with Dinaw Mengestu
Dinaw Mengestu spoke on "Exile, Imagination, and the American Dream" for the main event of the 2008 Seattle Reads series on May 9 at the Central Library. Set in a poor neighborhood in Washington, D.C., Dinaw Mengestu's award-winning novel tells a story of the African immigrant experience through three main characters: narrator Sepha Stephanos, an Ethiopian immigrant, who runs a small corner grocery store, and his friends, Joseph, from the Congo, and Kenneth, from Kenya. The Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library invites everyone to take part in Seattle Reads "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears," a project designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities.