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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 7:45 P.M.
Best-selling novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist ANNA QUINDLEN will appear at Mt.
Hebron Middle School as part of the Montclair
Public Library’s Open Book/Open Mind series.
She will be discussing and reading from her
latest novel, Miller’s Valley. ■ Mt. Hebron
Middle School, 173 Bellevue Ave. in Upper
Montclair. Free admission; advance reservations
necessary. For this and additional information,
visit montclairlibrary.org, or call
973-744-0500, x2235.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 7 P.M.
As part of the library’s With the Author series, a
partnership with Watchung Booksellers, healthcare chaplain and local author KAREN KAPLAN
will talk about her book, Encountering the Edge:
What People Told Me before They Died. Kaplan,
one of the first female rabbis ordained worldwide, spent seven years as a hospice chaplain; her
book is an outgrowth of the conversations she
had with hospice staff members and patients. ■
Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton Ave.
in Montclair. Free admission; advance reservations
recommended. Visit montclairlibrary.org, or call
973-744-0500, x2235.
MONDAY, MAY 2, 6 P.M.
You may know him as a New York Giants Hall
of Famer and morning talk show co-host, but
MICHAEL STRAHAN is also an author. Strahan,
a former Montclairian, will be at the Yogi Berra
Museum to sign copies of his latest book, Wake
Up Happy: the Dream Big, Win Big Guide to
Transforming Your Life. ■ The Yogi Berra
Museum & Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra Drive
on the Montclair State University Campus in
Little Falls. For additional information, visit
yogiberramuseum.org, or call 973-655-2378.
Michael K . Deenihan, D.D.S.
Family and Cosmetic Dentistry
148 Central Ave
Montclair, N.J. 07042
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PHOTOS AND BOOK COVERS COURTESY OF AUTHORS;
MICHAEL STRAHAN: NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP
Home to a number of journalists and authors, not to mention a state university, Montclair has always been a magnet for both writers and readers. Local
book lovers will have opportunities this spring to meet a wide range of authors in town to discuss their latest works. Here’s a sampling: