Black Book Talk

Author Charlotte Sherman writes, "I love being brown and wanted to

write a poem to highlight the splendor of this underestimated color for young

boys and girls, so they too will love the skin they are in. When I first

heard a beautiful, radiant, brown-skinned child say...

This is a rebroadcast of Black Book Talk's August 1, 2019 interview with

author De'Shawn Charles Winslow re his debut novel,  In West Mills.

Azalea "Knot" Centre is determined to live life as she pleases. Let the

people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossi...

Expanded Membership Drive program where listeners called in with holiday

book gift suggestions.

Everything and everyone has a story, a beginning.

     All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father's family in

New York City—Harlem, to be exact. She loves her home in Beaverton, but

can't wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to

stay...

Poet/author Montrell Goss, also known as "Chillin' the Poet," introduces his

first children's book Chillin' the Courageous Meets the Young Kids.  The

Portland native also charts his journey from a student who struggled with

reading to the author of six books.  Through his b...

Multhnomah County Library staffers LeFoster Williams and Milo Reed will share

their favorite reads and tell us about upcoming Fall 2019 programs.  Kids

go back to school, adults go back to work and we all go back to a good book

whether in print, on disc or online.

Azalea "Knot" Centre is determined to live life as she pleases. Let the

people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossip won't keep

Knot from what she loves best: cheap moonshine, nineteenth-century

literature, and the company of men. And yet, Knot is starting...

"What is Circumstantial Depression? What affect does it have on the

eyes and how we see the rest of the world and ourselves? My name is Lẹwa

Ubunifu. I have Circumstantial Depression. I have struggled with this type of

depression for a very long time. I am writing this...

Lots more than books happening at the library this summer.  Multnomah County

reference and outreach staffers Foster Williams, Lanel Jackson and Elleona

Budd will tell us all about it.  Books, programs, blogs, ebooks, DVDs...it's

all at there. And, if you don't make it to th...