2:00 - 3:30
Author and San Francisco educator Frederick Smith (he/him) discusses his latest novel, One and Done, a Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area romance novel. Additionally, Fred will lead a creative writing workshop with prompts that celebrate the multiple identities and memories we hold. Everyone will walk away with the beginnings of a fiction, memoir or poetry piece they can expand on after the workshop. Writing notebooks provided, and participants will receive a free copy of One and Done (supplies limited). Registration required.
Born and raised in Detroit, Fredrick Smith is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Loyola University Chicago. Smith worked as a TV anchor and reporter before making a career move to Higher Education and Student Affairs… and now fiction writing. He is a finalist for the PEN Center Emerging Voices Fellowship, and a participant in the VONA (Voices of our Nations) novel seminar.
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LGBTQIA+ Interest
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For more resources, the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center is the gateway to the Library’s broader collections documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual history and culture, with a special emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area.
More Than a Month: Black Interest
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More Than a Month recognizes important events in Black history, honors community and national leaders and fosters steps towards collective change. Programming features authors, poets and craft classes.