The Warmth of Other Suns Named Winner:
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction * The Mark Lynton History Prize * The Hillman Book Award * The Anisfield-Wolf Award for Nonfiction * The Stephen Ambrose Oral History Prize * The Heartland Prize * The Independent Literary Award * The Horace Mann Bond Book Award
The Warmth of Other Suns Named to More than 30 Best Books of the Year Lists:
- The New York Times’ 10 Best Books of 2010
- Amazon’s Five Best Books of 2010
- The New Yorker
- The Economist
- The Los Angeles Times
- The Washington Post
- The Boston Globe
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
- The Chicago Tribune
- Newsday
- The Christian Science Monitor
- USA Today
- The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- The Seattle Times
- Entertainment Weekly
- O Magazine
- Salon
- The Daily Beast
- Bloomberg
- Publishers Weekly
- Kirkus Reviews
- Atlanta Magazine
- Barnes and Noble and others.
The Warmth of Other Suns has appeared on the following Best Seller Lists:
- The New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Washington Post
- The Los Angeles Times
- The Boston Globe
- USA Today
- Publishers Weekly
- Indie Books
Upcoming Events
Friday, January 13, 2012
4:00 pm
Northeastern University School of Law
400 Huntington Avenue
240 Dockser Hall
Boston, MA 02115
www.northeastern.edu/civilrights
Monday, January 16, 2012
7:00 pm
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
Winspear Opera House
2403 Flora Street
Dallas, TX 75201
Friday, January 20, 2012
12:00 pm
Auburn University
The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center Auditorium
241 South College Street
Auburn, AL 36830
Thursday, January 26, 2012
7:30 pm
University of Alaska Anchorage
Wendy Williamson Auditorium
Anchorage, AK 99508
Monday, January 30, 2012
7:30 pm
Literary Evenings Monday Night Lecture Series: Michele Norris and Isabel Wilkerson
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
http://www.pittsburghlectures.org
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
11:30 am
Bergen Community College
Ciccone Theatre
400 Paramus Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
Saturday, February 4, 2012
3:00 pm
Church of Christ of the Apostolic Faith
1200 Brentnell Avenue
Columbus, OH 43219
Thursday, February 16, 2012
11:15 am
Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
12:00 pm
Cuyahoga Community College
Western Campus
11000 Pleasant Valley Road
Parma, OH 44134
6:00 pm
Cuyahoga Community College
Metro Campus
2900 Community College Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
Saturday, February 25, 2012
8:00 pm
Reed College
Kaul Auditorium
Gray Campus Center
3203 Woodstock Boulevard
Portland, OR 97202
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
4:15 pm
Lehigh University
Packard Lab
19 Memorial Drive W
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 pm
North Central College
30 North Brainard Street
Meiley-Swallow Hall
Naperville, IL 60540
Thursday, March 1, 2012
7:00 pm
Facing History and Ourselves Community Conversations
Location to come
Memphis, TN
Friday, March 2, 2012
1:30 pm
2012 Annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
Hilton Chicago & Palmer House Hilton Hotels
17 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
12:30 pm
University of Michigan—Flint
303 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48502
Saturday, March 10, 2012
9:00 am—4:00 pm
2012 Festival of Authors
Location to come
Long Beach, CA
Sunday, March 11, 2012
2:00 pm
California African American Museum
600 State Drive-Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Monday, March 19, 2012
7:30 pm
Newton Library
330 Homer Street
Newton, MA 02459
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
7:00 pm
Grand Valley State University
Grand River Room, Kirkhof Center
1110 Kirkhof Center
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401
Selected Past Events
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
7:00 PM Lowell Humanities Series BOSTON COLLEGE Gasson Hall 140 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02467 http://www.bc.edu/offices/lowellhs/
Thursday, October 6, 2011
6:30 PM THE LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM 108 Orchard StNew York, NY 10002 http://www.tenement.org/
Saturday, October 8, 2011 4:00 PM WORDSTOCK FESTIVAL NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS Oregon Convention Center 777 NE ML King Blvd. Portland, OR 97232 http://schedule.wordstockfestival.com/speaker/isabelwilkerson
Sunday, October 9, 2011
7:00 PM TOWN HALL SEATTLE with Bill Russell 1119 8th Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 http://townhallseattle.org/cd-forum-isabel-wilkerson-%e2%80%98the-warmth-of-other-suns%e2%80%99/
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
7:30 PM FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA 1901 Vine St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=30620&DiaryDate2=%7Bts%20%272011%2D10%2D18%2000%3A00%3A00%27%7D
Thursday, October 20, 2011
7:00 PM CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY 400 Magnolia Street Orangeburg, SC 29115 http://www.claflin.edu/
Saturday, October 22, 2011
10:30 AM NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION National Preservation Conference Statler Building, Golden Ballroom Buffalo, NY 14202 http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/
Monday, October 24, 2011
7:30 PM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Susan and Michael J. Angelides Annual Lecture Douglass Campus Center, Trayes Hall New Brunswick, NJ http://www.rutgers.edu/
Friday, November 4, 2011
7:30 PM COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY 96 S. Grant Avenue Columbus, OH 43215 http://www.columbuslibrary.org/Chicago, IL 60608 http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Literature/2011f-2011-Chicago-Tribune-Heartland-Prize-Winners.aspx
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
7:30 PM QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY Buckman Theatre 275 Mt. Carmel Ave. Hamden, CT 06518 http://www.quinnipiac.edu/
Thursday, November 10, 2011
7:00 PM Broadcast Journalism Series UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS AND MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO 2115 Summit Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/events/ongoing/broadcast_journalist_series/Sunday, November 20, 2011
MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL Florida Center for the Literary Arts 300 N.E. Second Avenue Miami, Florida 33132 http://www.miamibookfair.com/7:00 PM HARVEY B. GANTT CENTER McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square Center for Arts & Education 345 North College Street Charlotte, NC 28202 http://www.ganttcenter.org/web/
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
7:00 PM Facing History and Ourselves WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL 312 Sutter Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94108 http://www.itsyourworld.org/wac/Default.aspThursday, December 8, 2011
7:00 PM Facing History and Ourselves Denver, COMonday, January 31st
7:00pmPORTER SQUARE BOOKS
25 White St.
Boston, MA 02140
www.portersquarebooks
Tuesday, February 1st
7:00pmRIVERSIDE CHURCH
490 Riverside Dr.
New York, NY 10027
www.huemanbookstore.com
Friday, February 4th
6:00pmLIBRARY OF VIRGINIA
00 E. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23836
www.lva.virginia.gov/news/
Wednesday, February 9th
7:00pmST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Schlafly Branch
225 N. Euclid
St. Louis, MO 63108
www.left-bank.com
Thursday, February 10th
7:00pmUNITY TEMPLE ON THE PLAZA
Sanctuary
707 W. 47th St.
Kansas City, MO 64112
www.rainydaybooks.com/IsabelWilkerson
Tuesday, February 15th
6:00pmOCTAVIA BOOKS
513 Octavia St.
New Orleans, LA 70115
www.octaviabooks.com
Wednesday, February 16th
5:00pmSQUARE BOOKS
160 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS
www.squarebooks.com
October 16, 2010
2:45-3:45 PM
Texas Book Festival
C-SPAN/Book TV Tent
In conversation with Michele Norris
Moderator is Dwonna Naomi Goldstone
4:00 PM
Start of Signing Time
Signing Location: Main Signing Tent
October 27, 2010
7:00 PM
Westbury Library
30-min talk, Q&A ,signing
445 Jefferson Street
Westbury, NY 11590
November 14, 2010
7:00 PM
Book & Author Dinner
10-min talk, Dinner, signing
Hilton Americas-Houston
1600 Lamar, Houston, TX 77010
September 10, 2010
8:00PM
Atlanta History Center
130 W Paces Ferry Rd
Atlanta, GA 30305
September 14, 2010
7:00PM
Harvard Bookstore
1256 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
September 15, 2010
6:30PM
Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
September 16, 2010
7:00PM
Joseph-Beth Booksellers / Legacy Village
24517 Cedar Road
Lyndhurst, OH 44124
September 19, 2010
1:00PM
Politics & Prose
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
September 21, 2010
7:00PM
Vromans
695 E Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
September 22, 2010
7:00PM
Los Angeles Public Library
630 W Fifth St
Los Angeles, CA 90071
September 23, 2010
7:30PM
KPFA / St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Ave.
Oakland, CA 94610
September 24, 2010
7:00PM
Northwest African American Museum
2300 S. Massachusetts St.
Seattle, WA 98144
September 29, 2010
7:00PM
Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway @ 82nd St.
New York, NY 10024
September 30, 2010
6:00PM
Chicago Public Library
400 S State St.
Chicago, IL 60605
Thursday, October 6, 2011
