Celebrate All Fairfax Reads!

Celebrate Fairfax County Public Library's new series: All Fairfax Reads. Fairfax County Public Library is hosting events and a county-wide read of author and civil rights activist James Baldwin's classic 1953 novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of James Baldwin's birth.

Civil Rights in America

Join us as we conclude All Fairfax Reads with a talk by Emmy Award winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” contributor Nancy Giles, as she talks about the legacy of James Baldwin, and how his timeless (and what some would call ‘afrofuturistic”) writing, interviews, and uncompromising wit has inspired her work, both with CBS and as a writer/solo artist.

About Nancy Giles

NANCY GILES is an Emmy Award winning contributor to “CBS News Sunday Morning", and tries to be witty on various political panels on MSNBC. She’s acted in films, on TV (part of the ensemble cast of “China Beach” and the sitcom “Delta”) and most recently was Off-Broadway in The New Group’s “Good For Otto” by David Rabe. A graduate of Oberlin College, Giles toured with Chicago’s acclaimed Second City comedy troupe; is a Theatre World Award winner for her off-Broadway debut in “Mayor"; has written and performed 4 solo shows; and is working on a collection of essays and true stories (working title: “Notes of a Negro Neurotic”). She’s a longtime volunteer with NYC’s 52nd Street Project, working with kids from the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in visual and performing arts workshops, classes and performances. Her podcast “The Giles Files” is available wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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