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DESCRIPTION:One of the most acclaimed writers working today\, Walter Mosley
  spins magic once again in this beautiful novel that explores the lives of
  Black characters and one remarkable family through a lens both universal 
 and unique. It touches on the lives of those whose deepest thoughts and mo
 tivations are seldom explored—including the neurodivergent\, the incarce
 rated\, and the immigrant tortured by their past—characters who will sta
 y with you and change how you see the world.\n\n \n\nGhalen\, a brilliant 
 young Black man\, is the son of two seemingly mismatched parents. His moth
 er\, a gifted scientist\, whose own mother expected her to exceed all the 
 achievements in her family\, and his father\, a gentle cook at a small veg
 an restaurant\, whose idiosyncratic nature shows the young woman a radical
 ly different love and understanding of life\, despite his inexperience and
  lack of education.\n\n \n\nHis parents’ grand love story starts it all 
 off\, setting us up to follow Ghalen and his family so deeply\, that each 
 new twist and turn feels personal.\n\n \n\nThe journey through Ghalen’s 
 coming-of-age tale\, as he ventures out into the world\, is marked with pe
 aks and valleys and such a drive that you can’t help but strap in for it
  all\, while not wanting it to end.\n\n \n\nLush and cinematic\, with the 
 narrative drive and indelible power of Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copper
 head and Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting\, Ghalen is one of this bestselling
 \, prize-winning writer’s finest achievements.\n\n \n\nAbout the Author:
  \n\nWalter Mosley is one of America’s most celebrated writers. He was g
 iven the 2020 National Book Award’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution
  to American Letters\, named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of Amer
 ica and honored with the Anisfield-Wolf Award\, a Grammy\, a PEN USA Lifet
 ime Achievement Award\, the Robert Kirsch Award\, numerous Edgars and seve
 ral NAACP Image Awards. He is the author of more than sixty critically acc
 laimed books that cover a wide range of ideas\, genres\, and forms includi
 ng fiction (literary\, mystery\, and science fiction)\, political monograp
 hs\, writing guides including Elements of Fiction\, a memoir in paintings\
 , and the young adult novel 47. His work has been translated into twenty-f
 ive languages. He has published fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker\,
  Playboy\, and The Nation. As an executive producer\, he adapted his novel
 \, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey\, for AppleTV+ and serves as a writer and
  executive producer for FX’s Snowfall.\n\n\nAbout the Moderator: \n\nW. 
 Paul Coates is the founder of Black Classic Press and BCP Digital Printing
 . Black Classic Press\, founded in 1978\, specializes in republishing obsc
 ure and significant works by and about people of African descent. BCP Digi
 tal Printing was founded in 1995 as a parallel entity of the Press. The pr
 inting company uses state of the art digital technology to produce books a
 nd documents On Demand. The acquisition of digital printing technology dis
 tinguishes the press from other small publishing companies and places Blac
 k Classic Press on the forefront of 21st century technology.\n\n \n\nAbout
  the Program: \n\nTo attend in person please register here. Doors will ope
 n to registered attendees at 6 pm. A local bookseller will be on-site and 
 have books available for purchase.Free parking vouchers are available to p
 rogram attendees who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin St
 reet) after 4pm.  Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to 
 or after the program. This free event will be presented in-person and virt
 ually.   This is a seated event with spaces reserved for individuals with 
 accessibility needs. ASL interpretation will also be available for attende
 es throughout the event. If you need additional accommodations to successf
 ully participate\, please let us know at events@prattlibrary.org or 443-76
 8-0762.
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SUMMARY:Walter Mosley: "Ghalen" 
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