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This year’s Washtenaw Reads book: ‘Homegoing’

For the second year in a row, Chelsea District Library has teamed up with neighboring libraries for Washtenaw Reads, a countywide program that promotes reading and dialogue through the shared experience of reading and discussing a notable book.

This year’s choice is Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, an award-winning novel that traces one family through eight generations and hundreds of years of American and Ghanaian history.

Copies of the book can be borrowed from the Chelsea District Library.

This year, participants will have a chance to meet the author by attending the Jill S. Harris Memorial Lecture: A Conversation with Yaa Gyasi. Hearing an author discuss their work can reveal unexpected insights into a novel and will certainly enrich this year’s community discussion.

The author talk is free and open to all, with the option of purchasing a book for signing, and will take place at the Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St, Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. 

Throughout January, additional free events are offered at the Chelsea District Library, including a live presentation and demo of West African music by Baba Kevin Collins and the Kuungana Drum and Dance Company. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 6:30pm.

To register, go to www.chelseadistrictlibrary.org and click on events.

For more information on Washtenaw Reads and related events, visit www.wread.org or call 734-475-8732, ext. 219.

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