Would you like to support the essential right to read?

Then join HoCoPoLitSo for our 2023 Lucille Clifton Reading Series offering: the upcoming Freedom to Read Roundtable, presented in partnership with Howard County Library System (HCLS).

Come to the Miller Branch at 1:30 p.m. for a thoughtful discussion and readings by Maryland Poet Laureate Grace Cavalieri and distinguished poet and publisher Truth Thomas, then stay at 2:30 p.m. to watch and participate in the virtual roundtable panel discussion with National Book Award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter James McBride, Washington Post satirist and author Alexandra Petri, renowned historian and author Dr. Richard Bell, and American Library Association President Emily Drabinski.

All in-person attendees receive a complimentary copy of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, the newest book from James McBride. Light refreshments will be served.

📅 Sunday, October 15
🕜 1:30 p.m. (in-person) and 2:30 p.m. (virtual)
📍 Miller Branch and Online

To register for the in-person event: bit.ly/FreedomToRead-InPerson

To register for the virtual event: bit.ly/FreedomToRead-Virtual