Winner of the National Book Award (2016), The Pulitzer Prize (2017) and the Arthur C. Clarke Award (2017), Colson Whitehead's novel of slaves seeking escape from thralldom in 19th Century America is actually a work of historical science fiction, a parallel world where the Underground Railroad is literally a functioning secret railroad beneath the ground... Read More

Local author Terri Mash has created a book of poems, short stories and charming illustrations that capture what life was like growing up in rural Southeast Ohio in the 1960s.  Get to know the author and how she came to write the book, and hear excerpts read live by the author.

This seminar will also look at opening passages in various works of fiction and analyze what the narrative voice in each promises the reader. With Amy Coombs, MFA

Librarian Todd will read, "The Writer in the Family", which originally appeared in the August 1984 issue of Esquire Magazine.  Afterwards there will be time for a brief group discussion. Please register via the Library Calendar so we can send you an invitation to attend this online event in the comfort of your own home.

The late Walter Tevis, a former Athenian and admired English professor at Ohio U, wrote several critically-acclaimed novels that inspired Hollywood filmmaking (The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, etc). The latest triumph is his 1983 novel The Queen's Gambit, which is the basis for a hit Netflix mini-series of the same name. This is a feminist... Read More

Please enjoy this bracing Victorian tale of mystery, adventure and detection, as read and characterized by librarian Todd.  A short discussion will follow the live reading.