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Toledo Library Announces the 23rd Season of Authors!
Authors!
The Toledo Lucas County Public Library and the Toledo
Blade are pleased to announce the complete Authors! Authors!
2017-18 season lineup. Simply stated, our goal is to
inspire the community by hosting exciting, internationally
acclaimed, and talented individuals - and this season does
not disappoint.
Authors! Authors! 2017-18
Alan Alda
October 5, 7:00 p.m. @ Stranahan Theater
Tickets: $20 (all tickets include a copy of his new book)
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Alan Alda has earned international recognition as an
actor, writer, and director. He has won seven Emmy
Awards, has received three Tony nominations, is an
inductee of the Television Hall of Fame, and was
nominated for an Academy Award. He is an active member
of the science community, having hosted the PBS
award-winning series Scientific American Frontiers
for 11 years and founded the Alan Alda Center for
Communicating Science at Stony Brook University. He is
the author of multiple best-selling books including
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I’ve
Learned, Things I Overheard While Talking To
Myself, and his latest, If I Understood You,
Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the
Art and Science of Relating and Communicating.
Wil Haygood
November 1, 7:00 p.m. @ McMaster Center, Main Library
Tickets: $15
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Wil Haygood is the Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist
and award-winning, Ohio-native author of The Butler:
A Witness to History (which became the basis for the
award-winning film). His newest book, Showdown:
Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that
Changed America, is a sweeping epic about the
real-life events surrounding the heated appointment of
Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme
Court justice.
W. Kamau Bell
November 16, 7:00 p.m. @ Stranahan Theater
Tickets: $15
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W. Kamau Bell is a critically acclaimed sociopolitical
comedian, host of the Emmy Award nominated hit CNN show
United Shades of America, and author of The
Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4",
African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning,
Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and
Stand-Up Comedian. Kamau is also the host of three
podcasts: Denzel Washington is The Greatest Actor of
All Time Period, Politically Re-Active, and
Kamau Right Now!
Michael Pollan
March 27, 2018, 7:00 p.m. @ Stranahan Theater
Tickets: $15
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Michael Pollan is the critically acclaimed author of
multiple award-winning and best-selling books on food
and agriculture, including Cooked: A Natural History
of Transformation (which in 2017, has become a
Netflix Documentary Series), Food Rules: An Eater’s
Manual, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals,
and The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the
World.
Natalie Morales
April 19, 2018, 7:00 p.m. @ Stranahan Theater
Tickets: $20 (all tickets include a copy of her new book)
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Natalie Morales has won multiple Emmy Awards, reported
for all NBC News platforms including NBC Nightly News,
Dateline NBC, MSNBC, and is currently the West Coast
anchor of the TODAY Show. Her new book explores her
multicultural roots and how she has learned to juggle
being a busy working mom while keeping her family’s
well-being and nutrition in the forefront.
Piper Kerman
May 9, 2018, 7:00 p.m. @ Stranahan Theater
Tickets: $15
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Piper Kerman is the best-selling, critically acclaimed
author of Orange is the New Black: My Year in
a Women’s Prison, which has been adapted into the
Emmy Award-winning Netflix series. She is a nationally
recognized witness, educator, and advocate for justice
reform, having spoken at the White House, the U.S.
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil
Rights and Human Rights to testify on solitary
confinement and women prisoners, and the U.S. Senate
Governmental Affairs and Homeland Security Committee to
testify about the federal Bureau of Prisons.
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