Author Talks are an ongoing series of conversations with luminary writers, hosted by the library.

The DC Public Library Foundation is thrilled to bring eminent authors to the library to speak about their work. Authors featured in 2022 included:

  • Journalist Ernie Suggs, author of The Many Lives of Andrew Young

  • Novelist A.J. Verdelle, author of Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison

  • Queer Black author, journalist, and activist George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren’t Blue

  • American writer, poet, and scholar Clint Smith, author of How the Word Is Passed

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