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NEW ORLEANS

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Poetry Slam
Champion Gayle
Danley to Speak
Monday

Librarian of Congress Carla
Hayden Moderates a Conversation
with Michelle Obama

ayle Danley is a championship poet
and grief writer who has won both
the national and international poetry slam titles. Her passion is teaching kids,
through slam poetry, how to soothe their
wounds. Danley traces her love for words,
especially spoken word, to her childhood in
Georgia, where she soaked up encyclopedias
and carried around a book of rhymes ("Jack
Sprat could eat no fat..." "Fuzzy Wuzzy was
a bear...") because she adored how silly they
were. "She was always reading and going to
the library," reports her uncle, who with his
wife raised Danley as a child. This session
will take place on Monday, June 25, 10:30
- 11:30 a.m. at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
Danley will present "Poets Lives Matter:
Poems from the Road," sharing her electrifying original poetry about her experiences as a
master teaching artist visiting schools, libraries, and detention facilities across the nation.
Danley has been named the Maryland Library Association's Poet of the Year for 2018,
the Young Audiences of Maryland Artist of
the Year, and Young Audiences National
Artist of the Year. She recently joined the

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Exhibits
Friday, June 22
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, June
23-24
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, June 25
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Auditorium Speaker Series
Saturday, Sunday, and
Monday

Gayle Danley

Kennedy Center's roster of master teaching
artists, providing high-level arts integration
workshops for language arts educators. She
has been featured on 60 Minutes, in the
Baltimore Sun, and the Washington Post. Her
alma maters include Howard University and
Syracuse University.
Get details and add to your schedule now.

Gayle Danley
Auditorium Speaker Series
Monday 6/25 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

ibrarian of
Congress
President
Carla Hayden will sit
down with Michelle
Obama to discuss
Obama's new book,
Becoming.
Michelle LaVaughn
Robinson Obama is
a lawyer, author, and
the wife of the 44th
President, Barack
Michelle Obama (photo by David Slijper)
Obama. Through her
initiatives as First Lady, she has become a role New Orleans. Her appearance is sponsored
model for women and girls, and an advocate by Penguin Random House.
for healthy families, service members and
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their families, higher education, and international adolescent girls' education. She
Michelle Obama
will appear at the opening general session
Opening General Session
of the 2018 American Library Association
Friday 6/22, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
(ALA) Annual Conference and Exhibition
Sponsored by Penguin
on Friday, June 22, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., at the
Random House
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in

Viola Davis to Close New Orleans Conference June 26

iola Davis will close the 2018 Annual Conference as she discusses
her children's book, Corduroy Takes
a Bow. Illustrated by Jody Wheeler, Davis
celebrates 50 years of America's favorite teddy
bear with a brand new, classically illustrated
picture book. Using her own experiences as
a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress,
Davis writes the story of Corduroy and Lisa's
first trip to the theater. As usual, Corduroy
adventures off on his own, and readers follow
his escapades as he explores all over: from
the orchestra pit, to the costumes rack, to
the props table, and ultimately onto the
stage itself, before being reunited with Lisa.
A beautifully illustrated tale with a classic
feel, sure to spark an interest in theater in
children of any age. The book will be available Fall 2018. This session will take place on

MAKE YOUR
SCHEDULE

Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Davis is a critically revered, awardwinning actress of film, television and
theater. She is the first black actress to
win Tony ("Fences" and "King Hedley
II"), Oscar ("Fences") and Emmy ("How
to Get Away with Murder") awards for
acting. Davis is currently starring in the
fourth season of "How to Get Away with
Murder," a role for which she became the
first African American actress to receive
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Viola Davis
Closing General Session

Viola Davis (photo by Brian Bowen Smith)

BOOK YOUR
TRIP

Tuesday 6/26, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Sponsored by Penguin Young
Readers

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INFO

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