The Ohio Center for the Book is celebrating National Poetry Month in April with two programs to inspire writers and lovers of poetry and the spoken word. We encourage you to attend and to spread the word! We’ll also be highlighting Ohio poetry and poets on our social media channels in April, so follow us …
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…Even if you no longer live in Northeast Ohio! We are looking for former Cleveland residents, aged 50 and older, now living outside the area to add their voice to a “Poem for Cleveland,” a project documenting the experience of those who grew up in Northeast Ohio. Whether you live somewhere else in Ohio, have …
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Did you know the wildly popular and critically-acclaimed sitcom How I Met Your Mother has an Ohio connection? Read on to find out more about multi-talented Ohio-born writer and producer Carter Loard Bays. Co-creator, screenwriter, showrunner, and executive producer of the Emmy Award winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, Shaker Heights native Carter Loard Bays …
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Join us for Free Comic Book Day on May 6, 2023! At each location, kids can choose a free comic book and enjoy a variety of activities. Dress up as your favorite superhero and help us celebrate the love of comics! Comic book supplies are limited, so be sure to get there early! The events …
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Illicit love letters written in secret code. The impact “secretaries” had on a famous author’s work. The myth and allure of the West. Contrasting portrayals of rugged masculinity and romance. An enemies-to-lovers story featuring a bold, headstrong young woman and a pouting, enraged young man. Hear more about these topics and others by listening to …
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Come grab a beverage and pull up a seat to discuss the best graphic novels on the first Thursday of each month at Bookhouse Brewing at 1526 W. 25th St., Cleveland, OH 44113. Registration is not required! Have questions? Contact us at ohiocenterforthebook@cpl.org or call 216-623-2881. Acting Class by Nick Drnaso Thursday, March 2, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Ten …
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In collaboration with Ursuline College, the Ohio Center for the Book will be co-sponsoring a book discussion series this spring of three memoirs written by winners of the prestigious Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. The conversations will be led by Dr. Valentino Zullo, the Anisfield-Wolf Postdoctoral Fellow in English and the Public Humanities at Ursuline College as …
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From time to time, we plan to highlight writers who have called Ohio home who are better known for work in journalism, screenwriting, television scriptwriting, and other episodic, article, or essay forms. Today we meet Amy Braunschweiger, currently with Human Rights Watch: After graduating from Maumee High School in 1993, Toledo native Amy Braunschweiger enrolled …
Read More Amy BraunschweigerBORN: 1987 OHIO CONNECTION: Resident Columbus In 1976, Ruth Awad’s father fled Abou Samra, Tripoli, Lebanon, to seek asylum in England during the Lebanese Civil War. After immigrating to the United States in the 1980s, he attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale where he met Awad’s mother. Awad’s mother, a nurse, painted as a hobby. …
Read More Ruth AwadOHIO CONNECTION: Birth and Resident Cleveland and Shaker Heights Since childhood, Cleveland native and freelance writer Patricia Averbach (“a born teller of stories”) was driven to introspection, to observing, and to sharing her thoughts with others. Before learning to write, she verbalized her narratives to her grandmother who lovingly wrote them down for Averbach to …
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