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Coffee and Conversation

Book Discussion

2023-02-09 14:00:00 2023-02-09 15:00:00 America/New_York Coffee and Conversation Love books? Join our discussion of both fiction and nonfiction titles. Books will be available at the branch one month before the discussion. Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.467.8595. Nordonia Hills Branch Library - Fenton Room

Thursday, February 09
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-02-09 14:00:00 2023-02-09 15:00:00 America/New_York Coffee and Conversation Love books? Join our discussion of both fiction and nonfiction titles. Books will be available at the branch one month before the discussion. Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.467.8595. Nordonia Hills Branch Library - Fenton Room

Love books? Join our discussion of both fiction and nonfiction titles. Books will be available at the branch one month before the discussion. Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.467.8595.

Join us this month when we'll be discussing "All That She Carried" by Tiya Miles

Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag called "Ashley's Sack," embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations.

In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter, Ruth, embroidered this history on the bag--including Rose's message that "It be filled with my Love always." Historian Tiya Miles carefully follows faint archival traces back to Charleston to find Rose in the kitchen, where she may have packed the sack for Ashley.

From Rose's last resourceful gift to her daughter, Miles then follows the paths their lives and the lives of so many like them took to write a unique, innovative history of the lived experience of slavery in the United States. The contents of the sack--a tattered dress, handfuls of pecans, a braid of hair, "my Love always"--speak volumes and open up a window on Rose and Ashley's world. As she follows Ashley's journey, Miles metaphorically "unpacks" the sack, deepening its emotional resonance and revealing the meanings and significance of everything it contained. These include the story of enslaved labor's role in the cotton trade and apparel crafts and the rougher cotton "negro cloth" that was left for enslaved people to wear; the role of the pecan in nutrition, survival, and southern culture; the significance of hair to Black women and of locks of hair in the nineteenth century; and an exploration of Black mothers' love and the place of emotion in history.

Nordonia Hills Branch Library

nordoniahills@akronlibrary.org
Phone: 330.467.8595
Branch manager
Sarah Rosenberger

Hours
We're closed Sunday March 31 due to Easter
Mon, Mar 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Mar 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Mar 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Mar 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Mar 29 12:00PM to 6:00PM
Sat, Mar 30 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Mar 31 Closed
(Easter)

About the branch

The Nordonia Hills Branch Library is your community information center, providing individualized reference service and access to information for citizens while serving the four Nordonia Hills communities: Macedonia, Northfield Center, Northfield Village, and Sagamore Hills.

The library is a place to find computers and computer classes, WiFi, copying, scanning and faxing, and space for local community groups to meet throughout the year. In addition, library staff provides educational support and outreach to the Nordonia Hills schools, local early childhood and homeschool organizations, senior communities, governmental units, and other neighborhood service and social organizations. We offer a solid collection of books, movies, and music ready for you to borrow. We also offer regular and unique programs for all ages, often with a local focus or theme. Author visits, crafters, performers and gamers, teen meet-ups, Story Times, interactive nature and art events, a writers’ guild, wellness programs, and engaging discussion groups (including a Socrates Cafe), are all available at the Nordonia Hills Branch Library.

All of this makes the Nordonia Hills Branch Library your one-stop spot for the community's educational, informational, and entertainment needs and interests.

Upcoming Events

Thu, Mar 28, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Fenton Room

Sat, Mar 30, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Fenton Room

Wed, Apr 03, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Fenton Room

Thu, Apr 04, 10:15am - 10:45am
Fenton Room
This event is full

Thu, Apr 04, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Fenton Room

Sat, Apr 06, 10:30am - 11:30am
Fenton Room

Tue, Apr 09, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Tue, Apr 09, 6:30pm - 7:15pm

Fri, Apr 12, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room,Fenton Room

Fri, Apr 12, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Conference Room,Fenton Room

Sat, Apr 13, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Conference Room,Fenton Room

Wed, Apr 17, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Fenton Room

Thu, Apr 18, 10:15am - 10:45am
Fenton Room
This event is full

Thu, Apr 18, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Fenton Room

Thu, Apr 18, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Fenton Room

Fri, Apr 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Fenton Room

Sat, Apr 20, 10:00am - 4:30pm
Fenton Room

Mon, Apr 22, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Fenton Room

Mon, Apr 22, 6:30pm - 7:15pm

Wed, Apr 24, 10:30am - 11:30am
Fenton Room

Wed, Apr 24, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Fenton Room

Thu, Apr 25, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Fenton Room