Bibliophiles Assembly: Get Lit with Fellow Local Readers
Calling all bookworms! Our new Bibliophiles Assembly category creates a space for book lovers to come together and share the joy of reading right here in our community. We invite you to dive into compelling discussions on the latest page-turners, discover new authors, and get exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpses into our local literati scene.
Each month we’ll announce our book club pick across popular genres from historical fiction to memoir and meet for intimate author Q&As at neighborhood bookstores and libraries. We’ll also highlight exceptional reads penned by local wordsmiths themselves so you can support budding talent in our own backyard.
Whether you prefer poetry or mysteries, comics or cookbooks, we celebrate reading of all kinds. Share reviews, showcase your home libraries, participate in reading challenges, or apply to be our next featured bibliophile guest poster! Bibliophiles Assembly has something for every reader ready to revel in the pleasure of prose right where they live. Won’t you join in? Happy reading!
As snow falls and temperatures plunge, curl up inside with an uplifting or eye-opening book by one of these talented authors from underrepresented backgrounds. Their fresh perspectives make for rewarding reads all winter long.
“Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created or recreated by the author. When lighting conditions are just right, however, a window can also be a mirror.” – Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop
The story takes place in the rarefied world of Manhattan book publishing. The year is 2018, and Nella Larsen is well into her second year as the only Black editorial assistant at the prestigious Wagner Books.
By: Shatoria Whiteside, M.Ed As the seasons change and Fall…
“Achieving, becoming “somebody,” became my idea of being alive. I felt that achievement could detox the bad shit. It would detox the poverty. It would detox the fact that I felt less-than, being the only Black family in Central Falls. I could be reborn a successful person. I wanted to achieve more than what my mother had.”
