2012 Authors! Authors! 18th Anniversary Line Up
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer to a folksinger to the head of Marvel Comics and a leading history maven, the 2012 Spring Authors! Authors! series presented by The Blade and arranged by the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, offers the community an exciting lineup of authors for readers of every interest. The Authors! Authors! series is now in its 18th year.
The 2012 Spring series is scheduled to kick-off at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 5 in the McMaster Center of Main Library, 325 Michigan St., with biographer Edmund Morris, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who is most known for his award-winning trilogy of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. This historic expert and interpreter of public lives was also appointed as the authorized biographer of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Morris’ most recent biography is about the life of composer Beethoven. Morris is a frequent guest lecturer and commentator.
The remaining Authors! Authors! lineup will take place at 7 p.m. in the Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. Tickets for all four appearances are $10 per person, $8 for students. Tickets are available for purchase at all Toledo-Lucas County Public Library locations beginning Wednesday, February 1 and are limited in quantity.
Other 2012 Spring authors include:
Thursday, April 5 – Judy Collins: Best known as a Grammy nominated folksinger, Collins has also authored several books, including the inspirational memoir Sanity & Grace, on the death of her only son and the healing process following the tragedy. Collins, who founded her own record label, has also written Morning, Noon & Night: Living the Creative Life, an enthralling peek into her creative mind and the longing harnessing the creative process. Last year (2011), she published her memoir Sweet Judy Blue Eyes that Publishers Weekly called “a tremendously valuable chronicle of the early folk music scene.” Collins plays 80 to 100 music dates a year.
Wednesday, April 18 – Stan Lee: Chairman of Marvel Comics and Marvel Films, Lee is known to millions as the man whose superheroes propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the comic book industry. Hundreds of legendary characters such as Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, The Avengers, Thor and Dr. Strange all grew out of his Lee’s fertile imagination. It was in the early '60s that Stan Lee ushered in what has come to be known as "The Marvel Age of Comics," creating major new superheroes while breathing life and style into such old favorites as Captain America. Lee has written more than a dozen best-selling books including The Origins of Marvel Comics, The Silver Surfer, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, Bring on the Bad Guys and The Superhero Women. Most recently, he wrote the introduction to the best-selling "coffee-table book," Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics.
Thursday, May 3 – Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Dr. Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, as well as director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. He is most recently the author of a new book on black life in American that contains more than 750 photos on some 500 pages. He is also the author of Black in Latin America (New York University Press, 2011) and Faces of America (New York University Press, 2010), which expand on his critically acclaimed PBS documentaries, and Tradition and the Black Atlantic: Criticism in the African Diaspora (Basic Books, 2010). He is the co-editor of Call and Response: Key Debates in African American Studies (W. W. Norton, 2011). His four-hour documentary, Black in Latin America, aired this Spring on PBS.
“Year after year, the Blade and the Library bring you the best in contemporary authors and writers,” said Library Director Clyde Scoles. “We are proud to welcome such accomplished authors to Toledo and look forward to seeing everyone for another great season.”
Each program features an hour-long speech and a question-and-answer session presented by the featured author. Authors! Authors! welcomes bestselling authors to Toledo as they discuss their books and careers, answer questions, and sign books. Books provided by Barnes & Noble will be available for purchase at each program. Past Authors! Authors! presenters have included Mary Higgins Clark, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Terry McMillan, David Gergen, and John Updike.
For additional information visit toledolibrary.org, or call 419.259.5200.
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