Palisades
Neighborhood Library

J. California Cooper

J. California Cooper (J for Joan, California a pen name) was an intensely private person.  She gave few interviews and never admitted to her exact age.  Starting out as a playwright, Cooper decided to try fiction at the suggestion of novelist Alice Walker. Her efforts at novels and short stories won the American Book Award, the James Baldwin Writing Award, and the Literary Lion Award.  In celebration of her life, Palisades Library has a display of Cooper’s works:

The Small Talk Book Club

Stillness Speaks

For Decmeber, we're reading Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle. Pick up your copy at the library, read it, and come to discuss your findings with fellow members on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

The Creative Juices Workshop

The Creative Juices Writing Workshop group (CJWW) invites you to an evening of sharing peotry and prose. For two years, CJWW met twice a month at the Georgetown Library under the direction of Ginger Ingalls to compose a compiliation of poetry and prose called Barrier and Freedom which was published by DC Public Library in 2014.

My Sister's Place

Dedicated to empowering survivors of domestic violence

One in four women will experience domestic violence at some point in her life. October is National Domestice Violence Awareness Month.  Join us Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. for a presentation by Jazmin Albarran, an Outreach Coordinator for My Sister's Place. Jazmin Albarran will speak about how to avoid domestic violence and how to get out of a violent relationships. Learn how to help someone who is in a violent relationship get out alive.