Saturday, September 23, 4 p.m. Colson Whitehead, “Crook Manifesto.” In conversation with Kate Tuttle of People magazine. Co-sponsored by Suceed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival at The First Congregational Church of Montclair.
The author of “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie” talks about her new family saga set in the 1980s spanning Philadelphia and small-town Alabama with a notable memoirist and novelist.
A New York columnist and an Emmy-winning producer discuss their instant New York Times bestseller about a storied Hollywood dynasty with the executive director of Montclair Film.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning former executive editor of The New York Times discusses a little known chapter of the Civil War including his own ancestors with a National Book Award-winning historian.
The executive wine editor of Food and Wine magazine talks about his acclaimed new book with the owner of Amanti Vino in Montclair. Followed by a wine-tasting fundraiser with the Library Foundation.
NJCH has proudly supported the development of the NJ PBS documentary series "The Price of Silence," which explores the roots of slavery, with multiple grant awards. Montclair Public Library will host a screening of the entire series, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers, on February 22.
