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St. Louis County Library’s 2025 Black History Celebration is pleased to host St. Louis business and community leader Orvin T. Kimbrough for a discussion and signing of his memoir “Twice Over a Man: A Fierce Memoir of an Orphan Boy Who Doggedly Determined a Finer Life.” The event will take place on Thursday, February 20, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131. Books will be available for purchase and signing from EyeSeeMe.

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Westfall Politics & History Series and the 2025 Black History Celebration are pleased to host Civil War historian Judith Giesberg for a discussion and signing of “Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Families.” The event will take place on Tuesday, February 18, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131. Books will be available for purchase and signing from Left Bank Books.
The event is presented in partnership with SLCL’s Emerson History and Genealogy Center and the Missouri Historical Society.

St. Louis County Library’s 2025 Black History Celebration is pleased to host legendary crime fiction author Walter Mosley for a discussion and signing of his latest King Oliver detective series novel, “Been Wrong So Long It Feels Right.” The event will take place on Thursday, February 13, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131. Books will be available for purchase and signing from EyeSeeMe. 

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Westfall Politics & History Series is pleased to host acclaimed NPR Radio host and journalist Steve Inskeep for a discussion and signing of “Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America.” The event will take place on Wednesday, February 12, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131. Books will be available for purchase and signing from Left Bank Books. Steve Inskeep will be in conversation with Jody Sowell, President and CEO of the Missouri Historical Society. The event is presented in partnership with the Missouri Historical Society and St. Louis Public Radio.

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and Left Bank Books are pleased to host renowned scientist Neil Shubin for a discussion and signing of “Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future.” The event will take place on Tuesday, February 11, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131. Books will be available for purchase and signing from Left Bank Books. Neil Shubin will be in conversation with Jonathan Losos, Washington University-Professor of Evolutionary Biology and director of the Living Earth Collaborative

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and The Novel Neighbor are pleased to host acclaimed novelist Christina Clancy for a discussion and signing of “The Snowbirds.” The event will take place on Monday, February 10, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131. Books will be available for purchase and signing from The Novel Neighbor. Christina Clancy will be in conversation with Mike Isaacson, Artistic Director and Executive Producer for The Muny.