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Jul 08, 2021
This week, six esteemed Black authors celebrate their YA collaboration; Kate Messner launches a timely release; and Zoe Hana Mikuta
gears up for her debut.
Black Stars Shine
Teen Vogue, joined the six bestselling and award-winning authors of the new collaborative novel
Blackout (Quill Tree) for a virtual launch event on June 22. The YA novel features six interconnected stories of Black love during a blackout in New York City. Bookstore partners for the event included 44th and Third Booksellers in Atlanta; Barnes & Noble; Café con Libros in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Dock Bookshop in Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex.; Loyalty Bookstores in Washington, D.C.; and Source Booksellers in Detroit. Pictured (top, from l.): Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, and Angie Thomas; and (bottom, from l.) Ashley Woodfolk, Kwateng, and Nicola Yoon.
the Enterprise staff
Sierra Club President Aaron Mair kneels at the grave of 19th-century abolitionist John Brown after laying a wreath with his daughter Olivia as part of John Brown Day May 6, 2017, at the John Brown Day State Historic Site in Lake Placid.
(Enterprise photo â Antonio Olivero) LAKE PLACID Abolitionist John Brown was born on May 9, 1800, and every May for the last 21 years, John Brown Lives! has organized programs and events about progressive social movements of the past. This year will be no different, beginning with a virtual panel discussion this Saturday. John Brown Day, normally a more formal affair held at this time of year, will be celebrated on July 17 this year, at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site outside Lake Placid.
Peter Holdereid
(Enterprise photo â Elizabeth Izzo) LAKE PLACID Village Trustee Peter Holdereid was appointed Lake Placid’s new deputy mayor on Monday. The new appointment was made during the village’s annual organizational meeting, the first meeting led by recently elected Mayor Art Devlin, who was sworn in that day. Holdereid has been a village trustee since 2011. He and his family own and operate the Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort on Main Street. He is a graduate of Lake Placid’s Northwood School. Newly elected Trustee Jackie Kelly was sworn in ahead of the organizational meeting. The other new trustee, Marc Galvin, owner of the Bookstore Plus on Main Street, had been sworn in earlier because was out of town on the day of the organizational meeting. He still attended virtually, and his daughter led the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the meeting.