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Farewell Maya Angelou

Author / Poet

1928 - 2014

 

Maya Angelou, author, poet, playwright, stage and screen performer, and director, was best known for her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970), which recalls a young African American woman's discovery of her self-confidence.  In addition to her books of autobiography, Angelou wrote several volumes of poetry that further explore the South, racial confrontation, and the triumph of black people against overwhelming odds.

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Freeport Authors

On May 21, 2014, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, North American Region, donated a copy of their new book Providing Global Leadership and Service and Timeless Service Since 1966 to the Freeport Memorial Library.  Pictured: seated (l to r)  Nkenge Gilliam, Historian - Theta Iota Omega; Doris White, Historian Emerita - Theta Iota Omega; Standing (l to r) Regina G. Feeney, Librarian, Freeport Memorial Librarian; Gladys S. Andrews - Theta Iota Omega - President; Deborah Santiago - Theta Iota Omega - 2nd Vice President; Cynthia J. Krieg, Librarian, Freeport Memorial Library.  This book will be added to the Library's Local Author Collection.

Readers' Advisory

The Fault In Our Stars
by John Green (2012)

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.