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A new book club focused on social justice is meeting each month at miXt Food Hall in Brentwood. Continue reading
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A University Park author’s new memoir of growing up in the infamous Children of God religious cult has already gained national attention, including a chapter which was recently published in Rolling Stone magazine. Continue reading
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New American Girl Doll Wants to Clean Up the Anacostia River
One of the latest additions to the American Girl line of dolls is a young environmentalist trying to clean up the Anacostia River. Continue reading
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University Park Author Monica Hesse Revisits World War II in Her Latest Book
University Park author Monica Hesse returns to the World War II era for the third time in her latest novel, “They Went Left”. Continue reading
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Hyattsville Children’s Author Launches Weekly Poetry Contest for Kids
Hyattsville award-winning children’s and young adult book author Mary Amato has started a weekly poetry contest for local elementary school kids, tweens and teens during the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
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Prince George’s County will send your child[ren] a book each month until they turn five under a program funded by the county and country singer Dolly Parton’s nonprofit. Continue reading
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Richard Morris, a Vietnam veteran and home builder who had a second act as a socially conscious novelist, died in late November. Starting in 2007, the Hyattsville author wrote four novels touching on such major themes as the futility of … Continue reading
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