Dr. Louis I. Cooper, MD will talk about his book and answer your questions.

If you find being a new parent sometimes confusing, you’re not alone. Finally, Dr. Louis I. Cooper’s Dear Parents: When to Call the Doctor for Your Infant or Toddler is here to help. He shows you how to keep your beloved child healthy and safe.

Louis I. Cooper, M.D., offers tips and advice based on his more than 35 years as a pediatrician. Essentially, he wants you to have a good relationship with your child’s doctor. At times you must call a physician, says Dr. Cooper, for situations like fevers, rashes, injuries, or unexplained illnesses.

But sometimes you just need someone to help you when you’re at home. Cooper gives easy-to-follow advice on important topics you’ll encounter as a new parent. How do you stop a nosebleed? What is the safest sleeping position for a newborn? Which thermometers and teething rings are dangerous? You’ll find the answers to these questions and more in this remarkable manual.

Whether you are a new or experienced parent, you will get comfort and confidence from Dr. Cooper’s practical guidelines.

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Belinda is a young slave in Alabama who must escape her home to find Woko, a Cherokee woman who lives in the woods. Together, Woko, Belinda, and Ned—another runaway slave—travel to North Carolina, hoping to find safety and peace from their horrific pasts. On their journey, the ghost of Belinda's mother guides and comforts her through dangerous encounters.

Belinda is a young slave in Alabama who must escape her home to find Woko, a Cherokee woman who lives in the woods. Together, Woko, Belinda, and Ned—another runaway slave—travel to North Carolina, hoping to find safety and peace from their horrific pasts. On their journey, the ghost of Belinda's mother guides and comforts her through dangerous encounters.

After a few years, Belinda, Woko, and Ned arrive in North Carolina, and they make their home in woods near a plantation and begin taking in runaway slaves, providing them refuge and healing over the night.

Master Ken learns of Belinda's operation, and though he could turn her over to be punished, he supports her mission. His support turns into infatuation and love, and the two have a daughter who is raised in his house as a white plantation heiress.

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Nancy Naomi Carlson, an associate editor of Tupelo Press, teaches at the Bethesda Writer's Center. She has published widely, in AGNI, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, and two award-winning chapbooks,. Her Complications of the Heart poems won the PhillipsTexas Review Prize. HerStone Lyre translates the French poet & activist, Rene Char.

Kirk Nesset teaches at Allegheny College, the Bethesda Writer's Center, and the Black Forest Writing Seminars in Germany. His books are Mr. Agreeable and Paradise Road; (fiction), Alphabet of the World (translations of Eugenio Montejo), and Stories of Raymond Carver (nonfiction). Saint X (poetry) is forthcoming. http://kirknesset.com

27 June: Poet Cliff Bernier will perform with musicians Mike Gillispie on flutes, Shep Williams on keyboard, and James "Curly" Robinson on congas.
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26 September: Kathi Wolfe & ? & Jim Ferris: a Beauty Is a Verb anthology reading
30 October: Judith McCombs & Alicia Ostriker
28 November: Greg McBride & TBA