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Detroit Public Library

5201 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

313/833-1000; mbrunidetroit.lib.mi.us

Web site: http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/

Events: http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.… (updated February 14)

Description: The Detroit Public Library (DPL) is the largest library system in the state of Michigan. The Main Library and its 23 neighborhood branches make it one of the most valuable and accessible public institutions in metropolitan Detroit.

Currently, the Detroit Public Library consists of a Main Library with 10 subject departments and a number of collections. There are 23 branch libraries, and LOW, a bookmobile service for the community.

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Douglass' Women (January 22 at 7:00pm)
Jewel Parker Rhodes discusses Douglass' Women : A Novel.
Does having a mistress and a wife diminish the contributions of Frederick Douglass to American History? You decide. Meet the author at the Fredrick Douglass Branch Library in Detroit Public Library Douglass' Women A Novel By Jewell Parker Rhodes Frederick Douglass, the great African-American abolitionist, ... (more)was a man who cherished freedom in life and in love. In this ambitious work of historical fiction, Douglass' passions come vividly to life in the form of two women: Anna Murray Douglass and Ottilie Assing. Douglass' Women is an imaginative rendering of these two women -- one black, the other white -- in Douglass' life. Anna, his wife, was a free woman of color who helped Douglass escape as a slave. She bore Douglass five children and provided him with a secure, loving home while he traveled the world with his message. Along the way, Douglass satisfied his intellectual needs in the company of Ottilie Assing, a white woman of German-Jewish descent, who would become his mistress for decades to come. How these two women find solidarity in their shared love for Douglass -- and his vision for a free America -- is at the heart of Jewell Parker Rhodes' extraordinary, epic novel. Meet the author Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 6 PM at the Frederick Douglass Branch of the Detroit Public Library, 3666 Grand River north of Trumbull in the Woodbridge area of Detroit. Convenient free parking in the Library lot on Grand River or nearby streets. Jewell Parker Rhodes will discuss her book followed by a Q&A, the event is free and open to the public, however, reservations are required. Please RSVP to, 313-833-4042 or twyatt@detroipubliclibrary.org, books will be available for purchase. Bookclubs are welcome, please call for details on a special author session for your bookclub 313-833-4042 or bemartin@detroitpubliclibary.org. Winner of the 2003 Pen Oakland Josephine Miles award for outstanding writing and the Black Caucus of the merican Library Association literary award.
Event location: Detroit Public Library - Frederick Douglass Branch 3666 Grand River, Detroit, MI 48208
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