[Icon Description automatically generated] Pulitzer-Prize winning author of "Caste: The Origins of our Discontents" Isabel Wilkerson headlines Tacoma Reads 2021 Exhibit, workshops, events, and programs invite community members of all ages to explore themes of race, social justice, and healing Tacoma Reads 2021 Sponsor: Tacoma Urban League TACOMA, WASH.- Tacoma Public Library, the City of Tacoma's Mayor Victoria Woodards, and Tacoma Reads 2021 lead sponsor the Tacoma Urban League<https://thetacomaurbanleague.org/> are pleased to announce a full lineup of community events, programs, art exhibits, and virtual author visits with Isabel Wilkerson, Lisa Moore Ramée, and illustrator Rafael López. "This is the first season of Tacoma Reads in which all three of our selected titles will be represented with author or illustrator visits," stated Library Director Kate Larsen. "Each year, Tacoma Reads programming continues to grow in range and scope." Tacoma Reads<https://www.tacomalibrary.org/tacomareads/> is a city-wide reading program that seeks to unite the community in dialogue around contemporary themes through reading a common text. Each cycle of Tacoma Reads has a theme; in 2021, the series draws attention to race, social justice, and healing. "This year, Tacoma Reads includes three titles that will engage readers of all ages to explore race, social justice, and healing," stated Mayor Victoria Woodards. "I am thrilled that we will present a wide range of book discussions, art exhibits, artist talks, workshops, and other programs for our community to actively engage in and explore these themes." Tacoma Reads 2021 Selections: "Caste<https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653196/caste-oprahs-book-club-by-isabel-wilkerson/>: The Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel<https://blueflowerarts.com/artist/marcelo-hernandez-castillo/> Wilkerson In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Isabel Wilkerson<https://www.isabelwilkerson.com/>, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Warmth of Other Suns. Her debut work won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and was named to Time's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the 2010s and The New York Times's list of the Best Nonfiction of All Time. She has taught at Princeton, Emory, and Boston Universities and has lectured at more than two hundred other colleges and universities across the United States and in Europe and Asia. Check out, download, or listen to "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" through Tacoma Public Library<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1687396102>. Teens/Young Adult Title: "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity. Check out, download, or listen to "A Good Kind of Trouble" through Tacoma Public Library.<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=good%20kind%20of%20trouble%20ramee&searchType=smart&_ga=2.96891167.1254259369.1631828096-1500584859.1615414322> Kids and Families Title: "The Day You Begin" by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone. Check out "The Day You Begin" through Tacoma Public Library<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=the%20day%20you%20begin%20woodson&searchType=smart&_ga=2.96891167.1254259369.1631828096-1500584859.1615414322>. Author and Illustrator visits Families are invited to attend a virtual visit with Rafael López, illustrator of Tacoma Reads 2021 selected title "The Day You Begin" by Jacqueline Woodson, on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 11 a.m. Registration is now open<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/61009872874afb2f0084319d>. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson, author of the Tacoma Reads 2021 adult title selection, New York Times bestseller "Caste: The Origins of our Discontents," will speak with City of Tacoma Mayor Woodards in an online engagement on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. Tacoma Poet Laureate Lydia Valentine will host a virtual dialogue with Lisa Moore Ramée, author of teen title selection "A Good Kind of Trouble," on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. Registration is now open for all author events. Tacoma Reads 2021 Full Schedule of Programs: Now: Tacoma Urban League President and CEO and Washington State Senator T'wina Nobles reads "The Day You Begin"<https://youtu.be/lQdpAuWA6YQ> - Virtual Now-Nov. 19: Carletta Carrington Wilson's book of the bound Exhibit<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/search/q=book%20of%20the%20bound&fq=program:(5f9c8b6d2c52c34500ef86af)> - Moore Library Oct. 1-31: Día de los Muertos Community Ofrendas<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/612fdae2860f473a005d2e4a> - Fern Hill, Moore, and Mottet Libraries Wednesday, Oct. 6: The Day You Begin Program Kit<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/search/fq=program:(5f9c8b6d2c52c34500ef86af)/event/6100937edfd3922800807cf6> - All Libraries Saturday, Oct. 16: Artist Talk with Carletta Carrington Wilson<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/search/fq=program:(5f9c8b6d2c52c34500ef86af)/event/612fd7a844549d2f0061908a> - Virtual Saturday, Oct. 23: Intro to Book Arts with Puget Sound Book Artists<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/612d0cacad0dd42800ee5ba3> - University of Puget Sound Collins Memorial Library Makerspace Tuesday, Oct. 26: Books on Tap: "Caste: The Origins of our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/61314764ad0dd42800eec297> - Virtual Wednesday, Oct. 27: "A Good Kind of Trouble" Book Discussion<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/610332194372f23d004dcd89> - Virtual Saturday, Oct. 30: Illustrator Visit with Rafael López<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/61009872874afb2f0084319d> - Virtual Friday, Nov. 5: "Caste: The Origins of our Discontents" Book Discussion<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/612fd9f044549d2f006190e8> - Virtual Wednesday, Nov. 10: An Evening with Poet, Speaker, and Educator Christian Paige<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/610329b34372f23d004dcd39> - Virtual Saturday, Nov. 13: A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson, Hosted by Mayor Woodards<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/search/fq=program:(5f9c8b6d2c52c34500ef86af)/event/611d6a254b14ec3d00c96671> - Virtual Friday, Nov. 19: A Good Kind of Trouble: Civic Engagement for Teens and Young Adults<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/6101e28e09dd2b28008b320f> - Virtual Saturday, Nov. 20: A Conversation with Lisa Moore Ram<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/search/fq=program:(5f9c8b6d2c52c34500ef86af)/event/612fbcffad0dd42800ee951c>ée, Hosted by Tacoma Poet Laureate Lydia K. 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