7th Annual Philadelphia Book Festival
@ OVP Library......
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Solomon Jones | The Dead
Man's Wife Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 5:30pm Overbrook Park Branch 7422 Haverford Avenue, 19151-2995 215-685-0182 An award-winning columnist for the Axis Philly, Philadelphia Daily News, and WHYY’s NewsWorks, Solomon Jones is the author of the Essence Magazine bestselling novel The Bridge, as well as the critically acclaimed books Pipe Dream, Ride or Die, C.R.E.A.M., and Payback. A former columnist for Philadelphia Weekly, Jones is the founder of Words on the Street Literacy Program. He previously taught creative writing at Temple University and served on the boards of several committees to end homelessness. The Dead Man’s Wife is his eighth novel and the latest in the Coletti crime series. |
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Darren Keys | White
Powder to White Collar Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 1:00PM Overbrook Park Branch 7422 Haverford Avenue, 19151-2995 215-685-0182 An award winning author and talk show host for Fraud Chronicles Radio Show, Darren Keys is spearheading a new genre of writing—white collar street lit—with his seven-part series, Fraud Chronicles, beginning with White Powder to White Collar. White Powder to White Collar has appeared in Wahida Clark’s Redemption Magazine as well as Mink Magazine. He is nominated for the Bryant McKennie National Book Award and teaches creative writing at EMC Alternative Learning Center. |
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