Skip to main content
close
Font size options
Increase or decrease the font size for this website by clicking on the 'A's.
Contrast options
Choose a color combination to give the most comfortable contrast.

Navigate Your Stars: A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward

An Illinois Libraries Present Event

2023-06-06 19:00:00 2023-06-06 20:00:00 America/Chicago Navigate Your Stars: A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward Jesmyn Ward, two time winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, discusses how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice. Virtual -

Tuesday, June 06
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-06-06 19:00:00 2023-06-06 20:00:00 America/Chicago Navigate Your Stars: A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward Jesmyn Ward, two time winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, discusses how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice. Virtual -

Jesmyn Ward, two time winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, discusses how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice.

Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. Hailed as “the new Toni Morrison” by the American Booksellers Association, Jesmyn will discuss her life, her literary vision and her unique perspectives on love and loss. Tracie D. Hall, Executive Director of American Library Association, will join her in conversation.

Jesmyn Ward is the critically acclaimed author of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including bestselling Sing, Unburied, Sing, Salvage the Bones, and the memoir Men We Reaped. Her many honors include the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and a Strauss Living Award. In 2017, she became the first woman and first person of color to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. The standout writer of her generation, Ward’s stories are largely set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, where she grew up and still lives. A professor of creative writing at Tulane University, Ward’s latest book, Navigate Your Stars, is an adaptation of her 2018 commencement address at Tulane that championed the value of hard work. 

Tracie D. Hall is an American librarian, author, curator, and advocate for the arts. She is the first African American woman to lead the American Library Association, where she's served as Executive Director since 2020, and fights for social justice, access to information, and universal broadband.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com.

AGE GROUP: | High School | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Entertainment | Culture | Books |

TAGS: | |

Hinsdale Public Library

Phone: (630) 986-1976
Fax: (630) 986-9654

Hours
We're closed Sunday March 31
Mon, Mar 25 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Mar 26 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Mar 27 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Mar 28 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Mar 29 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Mar 30 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Mar 31 Closed

Upcoming Events

Thu, Mar 28, 9:30am - 10:00am
Community Meeting Room
Registration is now closed

Thu, Mar 28, 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room
Registration is now closed

Canceled
Thu, Mar 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Fri, Mar 29, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room

Sat, Mar 30, 10:00am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room

Sat, Mar 30, 10:00am - 11:00am
Registration is now closed

Mon, Apr 01, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Board Room

Tue, Apr 02, 9:30am - 10:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Tue, Apr 02, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Apr 02, 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Tue, Apr 02, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Community Meeting Room

Tue, Apr 02, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Meeting Room
Registration is now closed

Tue, Apr 02, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Board Room

Wed, Apr 03, 9:30am - 10:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Wed, Apr 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room

Canceled
Wed, Apr 03, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Wed, Apr 03, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
This event is full

Wed, Apr 03, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 04, 9:30am - 10:00am
Community Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 04, 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Canceled
Thu, Apr 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Apr 04, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room

Thu, Apr 04, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Thu, Apr 04, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Board Room

Thu, Apr 04, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Quiet Room

Fri, Apr 05, All day

Fri, Apr 05, 9:00am - 6:00pm

Fri, Apr 05, 9:30am - 10:15am
Community Meeting Room

Fri, Apr 05, 10:45am - 11:30am
Community Meeting Room

Fri, Apr 05, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room

Fri, Apr 05, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Sat, Apr 06, 9:00am - 5:00pm

Sat, Apr 06, 9:30am - 11:30am
Storytime Room

Sun, Apr 07, 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Mon, Apr 08, All day

Mon, Apr 08, 9:00am - 11:00am

Mon, Apr 08, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Teen Lounge

Mon, Apr 08, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Board Room

Tue, Apr 09, 9:30am - 10:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Tue, Apr 09, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Apr 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Tue, Apr 09, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Community Meeting Room

Wed, Apr 10, 9:30am - 10:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Wed, Apr 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room

Canceled
Wed, Apr 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Wed, Apr 10, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Wed, Apr 10, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 11, 9:30am - 10:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Thu, Apr 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Canceled
Thu, Apr 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Apr 11, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Storytime Room

Thu, Apr 11, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Meeting Room

Fri, Apr 12, All day
Registration is now closed

Fri, Apr 12, All day
Registration is now closed

Fri, Apr 12, All day

Fri, Apr 12, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room

Sat, Apr 13, 10:00am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Mon, Apr 15, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Board Room

Tue, Apr 16, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Apr 16, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Storytime Room

Tue, Apr 16, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Community Meeting Room

Tue, Apr 16, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Tue, Apr 16, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Wed, Apr 17, 9:30am - 10:30am
Community Meeting Room

Wed, Apr 17, 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Community Meeting Room

Canceled
Wed, Apr 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Wed, Apr 17, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Canceled
Thu, Apr 18, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Apr 18, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room

Thu, Apr 18, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Thu, Apr 18, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Board Room

Thu, Apr 18, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Quiet Room

Canceled
Fri, Apr 19, 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Sat, Apr 20, 10:00am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room
This event is full

Sat, Apr 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Mon, Apr 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Community Meeting Room

Mon, Apr 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Mon, Apr 22, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Board Room

Tue, Apr 23, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Apr 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Storytime Room

Tue, Apr 23, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room

Tue, Apr 23, 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Rescheduled
Tue, Apr 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
New date Tuesday, April 30, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Wed, Apr 24, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Meeting Room

Canceled
Wed, Apr 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Wed, Apr 24, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Wed, Apr 24, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Board Room

Canceled
Thu, Apr 25, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Apr 25, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Meeting Room

Fri, Apr 26, All day

Fri, Apr 26, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room

Sat, Apr 27, 10:00am - 10:45am
Storytime Room

Sat, Apr 27, 10:00am - 11:00am
Community Meeting Room