Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Upcoming Author Events At Philly Free Library

Jamie Moyer and Larry Platt | Just Tell Me I Can't: How Jamie Moyer Defied the Radar Gun and Defeated Time  
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 7:30 PM; FREE

No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341
Moyer_JamieA World Series champion known for his trademark pitches--slow, slower, and slowest--Jamie Moyer ended his epic career just a few wins shy of 300 victories. Having pitched for eight teams, he is one of the most popular players in professional baseball and one of only 29 players in the sport's history to have played major league games for four decades. Moyer was named to the 2003 All-Star Team and has served as an on-air analyst for ESPN and the Major League Baseball Network. At a crucial juncture in his mid-twenties, he encountered world-renowned sports psychologist Harvey Dorfman, whose teachings primed Moyer for a reinvention that would shape his remarkable career. His new memoir unfolds that fateful experience and his 25 extraordinary years in the big leagues. Larry Platt served as the editor of both thePhiladelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Magazine and has written for The New York Times MagazineGQNew York, and Men's Journal.
James McBride | The Good Lord Bird  
Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 7:30 PM; FREE

No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341
McBride_JamesJames McBride is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and 2004One Book, One Philadelphia selection,The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, in which "race and religion are transcended by family love" (New York Times Book Review). His novels include Miracle at St. Anna--which he adapted for Spike Lee's film--and Song Yet Sung, a tragic and triumphant tale of a slave revolt in Maryland during the tense days before the Civil War. McBride is an award-winning composer and screenwriter and a former staff writer for The Boston GlobePeople, and The Washington Post. In The Good Lord Bird, a young boy born into slavery joins abolitionist John Brown's crusade, concealing his identity and gender to survive.James McBride will be joined onstage by his band at this event!
Free Library Author Events
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Laura Kovacs, Associate Director
Jason Freeman, Program Assistant

phone: 215-567-4341
email: authorevents@freelibrary.org 
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General Information
Author Events are held in the Montgomery Auditorium at theParkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, unless noted. Events generally consist of a talk by the author and a Q & A period with the audience followed by a book signing. Books are sold on-site. Seating begins 45 minutes prior to event start times. No tickets orreservations are required for Free Author Events. 

Live American Sign Language translation of Author Events is provided upon request. Please call the Author Events Office at least two weeks in advance to request this service.

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