Every year our library plays host to some of the fantastic authors participating in the Evanston Literary Festival. This year is no exception, and we got the inside scoop on some of the authors participating. With that in mind, I decided to whip up a list of the books by those authors currently available at the library. Curious about some of these speakers? Read their books for yourself before the festival begins (running April 29th – May 11th). You’ll have a leg up on some of our most impressive local authors. Please note that this list is not the final one and some writers are subject to change.
Books of the 2017 Evanston Literary Festival
New Titles
NEW – The Teeth of the Comb by Osama Alomar
NEW – The Question of Bruno by Aleksandar Hemon
NEW – Best Worst American by Juan Martinez
NEW – 323.1196 Deppe.M – Operation Breadbasket: An Untold Story of Civil Rights in Chicago, 1966-1971 by Martin L. Deepe
NEW – 641.5 Natha.J – King Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking From Around the World by Joan Nathan
NEW – 811.54 Smith.P – Incendiary Art: Poems by Patricia Smith
NEW – 811.6 Brock.A – Memory of a Girl by Aozora Brockman
NEW – 814 Neali.T – The Miles Between Me: Essays by Toni Nealie
NEW – 909.09767 Debel.C – The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason: 1798 to Modern Times by Christopher DeBellaigue
NEW – 940.5317 Cahan.R – Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II by Richard Cahan
Fiction
To Be With Her by Syed Afzal Haider
A Bitter Veil by Libby Hellmann
The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
Love and Obstacles by Aleksandar Hemon
The Making of Zombie Wars by Aleksandar Hemon
Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon
Where I Must Go by Angela Jackson
Counternarratives by John Keene
Ode to Brooken Things by Dipika Mukherjee
Dollface by Renee Rosen
What the Lady Wants by Renee Rosen
White Collar Girl by Renee Rosen
Luminarium by Alex Shakar
Savage Girl by Alex Shakar
Little Known Facts by Christine Sneed
Paris, He Said by Christine Sneed
Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry by Christine Sneed
The Virginity of Famous Men by Christine Sneed
Identical by Scott Turow
Innocent by Scott Turow
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Lies and Other Acts of Love by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Mysteries
Mystery – Easy Innocence by Libby Hellmann
Mystery – An Eye for Murder by Libby Hellmann
Mystery – An Image of Death by Libby Hellmann
Mystery – Jump Cut by Libby Hellmann
Mystery – A Picture of Guilt by Libby Hellmann
Mystery – Set the Night on Fire by Libby Hellmann
Mystery – A Shot to Die For by Libby Hellmann
Mystery Stories Hellm.L – Chicago Blues
Biographies
Bio – B Hemon.A Hemon. A – The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon
Nonfiction
204.092 Clore.S – Memoirs of a Spiritual Outsider by Suzanne Clores
300.1 Lacke.J – Learning From Words: Testimony as a Source of Knowledge by Jennifer Lackey
305.23 Kotlo.A – There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz
305.809773 Barr.M – Friends Disappear: The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston by Mary Barr
340.073 Turow.S – One L by Scott Turow
347.7322 Cahan.R – A Court That Shaped America by Richard Cahan
629.45 Jones.C – Too Far From Home by Chris Jones
641.595694 Natha.J – The Foods of Israel Today by Joan Nathan
641.5973 Natha.J – The New American Cooking by Joan Nathan
641.5976 Natha.J 1998 – Jewish Cooking in America by Joan Nathan
641.5976 Natha.J – Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous by Joan Nathan
709 Roble.D – Dario Robleto: Survival Does Not Lie in the Heavens by Dario Robleto
720.9773 Cahan.R – Richard Nickel Dangerous Years by Richard Cahan
720.9773 Cahan.R – They All Fall Down by Richard Cahan
747.092 Mille.E Cahan.R – Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home by Richard Cahan
796.357 Cahan.R – The Game That Was by Richard Cahan
796.83 Jones.C – Falling Hard by Chris Jones
818.54 Derri.T – The Black Notebooks by Toi Dericotte
892.7 Alom.O – Fullblood Arabian by Osama Alomar
915.5 Debel.C – In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs by Christopher de Bellaigue
917.731 Algre.N – Chicago, City on the Make, annotated by Bill Savage
917.7311 Kotlo.A – Never a City So Real by Alex Kotlowitz
955.05 Debel.C – The Struggle for Iran by Christopher de Bellaigue
956.6 Debel.C – Rebel Land by Christopher de Bellaigue
973.0496 Johns.C – Africans in America by Charles Johnson
977.311 Cahan.R – Chicago: Rising From the Prairie by Richard Cahan
977.311 Cahan.R – The Lost Panoramas by Richard Cahan
977.411 Kotlo.A – The Other Side of the River by Alex Kotlowitz
Poetry
811.54 Derri.T – Captivity by Toi Dericotte
811.54 Derri.T – Tender by Toi Dericotte
811.54 Derri.T – The Undertaker’s Daughter by Toi Dericotte
811.54 Finne.N – Head Off & Split by Nikky Finney
811.54 Finne.N – Rice by Nikky Finney
811.54 Jacks.A – And All These Roads Be Luminous by Angela Jackson
811.54 Jacks.A – Dark Legs and Silk Kisses by Angela Jackson
811.54 Jacks.A – It Seems Like a Mighty Long Time by Angela Jackson
811.54 Jacks.A – Roads, Where There Are No Roads by Angela Jackson
811.54 Lansa.Q – Southside Rain by Quraysh Ali Lansana
811.54 Lansa.Q – They Shall Run by Quraysh Ali Lansana
811.54 Lansa.Q – Walmart Republic by Quraysh Ali Lansana
811.54 Smith.P – Close to Death by Patricia Smith
811.54 Smith.P – Gotta Go, Gotta Flow by Patricia Smith
811.54 Smith.P – Teahouse of the Almighty by Patricia Smith
811.6 Coval.K – L-vis Lives! by Kevin Coval
811.6 Coval.K – Schtick by Kevin Coval
811.6 Coval.K – Slingshots by Kevin Coval
811.6 Franc.V – Forest Primeval Vievee Francis
811.6 Hong.C – Dance Dance Revolution by Cathy Park Hong
811.6 Hong C – Engine Empire by Kevin Coval
811.6 Jones.P – Vessel by Parneshia Jones
811.608 Breakbe – The Breakbeat Poets edited by Keviin Coval and Quraysh Ali Lansana
