Join us for the 16th Annual Langston Hughes Literary Arts Festival! Schedule: 12pm: Bob McNeil - Writer and Spoken Word Artist 1pm: Diane Richards discusses her new novel “Ella” with Eartha Watts-Hicks 2pm: Banned Books: a conversation with Emily Drabinski, immediate past president of the American Library Association, and Kings Bay Branch Manager Rakisha Kearns-White 3:30pm: Literature to Life mini-performances of “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” Register here: http://queenslib.org/lhlitfest24 This program is funded by the Library Action Committee of Corona-East Elmhurst, Resorts World Casino, NYS Education Department, Special Legislative Grants from Assemblyman Jeffrion L. Aubry, discretionary funds from NYC Coalition of Theaters, CM Francisco Moya, and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. This program is part of the Freedom to Read Day of Action; learn more at: https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/news-media/blog/3331