 Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
Tuesday, June 10 7 pm New Carrollton Branch
Coates’s impressive debut is set in 1980s Baltimore, a city in distress. “The details of Coates's travels through disintegrating neighborhoods and schools that seemed almost designed to torment a bookish, dreamy kid would be pedestrian in many writers' hands, but he wields words with a rare grace that gives his story an uncommon power.”—Kirkus Reviews. Against this bleak backdrop Ta-Nehisi and his six siblings were raised by an enigmatic and unconventional father intent on pushing his children past the streets and into the doors of Howard University. Through sharp observation and poetic phrasing, Coates crafts a story about the strong ties that bind father and son. A former staff writer at the Village Voice and Time, Coates contributes to the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic and other publications. He lives in New York City.
 Warren Brown
CakeLove: How to Bake Cakes from Scratch
Tuesday, June 17 7 pm Hyattsville Branch
Warren Brown, host of Sugar Rush on the Food Network, wants you to bake your cake and eat it, too. He wants you to conquer your fear of flour and learn to love every step of cake baking—including the step in which you present your made-from-scratch masterpiece to dazzled family and friends. Brown abandoned a law career for baking—something he found more satisfying. He provides all the basics on ingredients, equipment, techniques and recipes. Informative step-by-step shots will guide you. Brown is the proprietor of CakeLove and LoveCafe. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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