The Fayetteville Public Library will host a talk by Sapphire, award-winning author of The New York Times bestseller Push, on Tuesday, April 20 at 7 p.m. in the library’s Media & Magazine Section.

Her talk is free and open to the public.

Tickets are not required.

Sapphire published her first collection, American Dreams, in 1994.

Many of the themes found in American Dreams were also featured in her most notable work, Push.

Push, recently adapted to the big screen as the Academy Award-nominated film Precious, follows Claireece Precious Jones, an overweight teenager living in Harlem who endures a series of abuses by her father and mother.

Sapphire’s visit will conclude the library’s 4th annual Adult Reading Festival.

Copies of Sapphire’s works will be available for purchase during her talk at the Fayetteville Public Library, and she will sign autographs following her talk.

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