Cleveland Public Library announces its guests for the 2008-09 Writers and Readers series. All appearances will take place at the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, E. 6th Street and Superior Avenue at 2:00 p.m. on the following Sundays. The events are FREE and open to the public. For more information on the series, visit www.cpl.org or call (216) 623-2955.

Sunday, September 28 - Omar Tyree
Omar Tyree, best know for jumpstarting the popularity of the "urban fiction" movement, has published 15 novels, including For the Love of Money.

Sunday, October 19 - Junot Diaz
Diaz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American writer who teaches at MIT.

Sunday, November 16 - Sarah Vowell
Sarah Vowell is the acclaimed author of bestselling books, journalist, humorist, and commentator who was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles.

Sunday, February 22, 2009- Eric Etheridge
Etheridge is the journalist/photographer behind the new book Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders. One of the Freedom Riders will join Etheridge at the event.

Sunday, March 15 - Firoozeh Dumas
Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi; A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad, is also the producer of her own one-woman show.

Sunday, April 19 - Diane Ackerman
Ackerman is the author of nearly two dozen books, including the 2008 Orion Book Award winner The Zookeeper's Wife.

Special programming in 2008-2009, also in the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, includes:

Saturday, October 4 at 2:00 p.m. a visit by John Leland, author and reporter for The New York Times.

Thursday, October 23 at 6:30 p.m., a Literary Ventures Fund panel discussion entitled "Could Fitzgerald or Hemingway Get Published Today?"

Omar Tyree, author of 15 novels, will launch Cleveland Public Library's Writers and Readers 2008-2009 Series on Sunday, September 28, 2:00 p.m. FREE and open to the public, the event will take place at the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, E. 6th Street and Superior Avenue. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Born in Philadelphia and educated at Howard University, Tyree is one of the most renowned contemporary writers in the African American community. Tyree has sold more than 1.8 million books worldwide. As an author, he is best known for jumpstarting the popularity of the "urban fiction" movement. His most recent book, The Last Street Novel, tells the story of Shareef Crawford, a bestselling author of romance novels. His novels include Flyy Girl, A Do Right Man, Single Mom, For the Love of Money, Sweet St. Louis, The Underground, Just Say No, Diary of a Groupie, Cold-Blooded, and Boss Lady. His articles and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Essence, Upscale, the Black Collegian, the Washington Times and Black Issues Book Review.
Entrepreneur, performer, and energetic public speaker, Tyree is the founder of the Urban Literacy Project, which aims to improve literacy among urban and disadvantaged youth. His plans for the near future include a series of magazine features that will focus on community, culture, entertainment, politics, and new-wave intellectualism. He also plans to adapt several of his novels into films and launch a TV talk show highlighting contemporary authors. Call (216) 623-2955 for more information.

Th LIT CALENDAR OF LITERARY EVENTS

We do not have the list this month, but here is the link: The Lit Calendar