Join us to celebrate the first release of local Amazon Bestseller author Dwight Parrish, "Sketches of Me." His poetry book explores the themes of race, family, and faith.
Join us to celebrate the first release of local Amazon Bestseller author Dwight Parish, "Sketches of Me." His poetry book explores the themes of race, family, and faith. Book signing, meet and greet with author, and free refreshments!
"I am utterly mesmerized by Dwight Parrish's work.
He goes beyond the heart of the issues of life and penetrates the very marrow of the bones with sweeping, captivating words accented by breathtaking illustrations.
"Middle Passage" is a haunting masterpiece! This is a must-have for anyone's library."
- Toni Pugh, Author "A Step into Deliverance"
"We are constantly evolving like an unfinished poem."
-Faith-based
-Family oriented
-Race revealing
-Gripping Illustrations
You will laugh! You will cry! You will gasp as Sketches of Me ripples through your conscious like a pebble dropped into a serene body of water.
Each poem is curated to incite emotions, imaginations, and deep contemplation.
This book is divided into (5) categories with an array of highs and lows, triumphs and tragedies, leaving you with this conclusion: we survive, we thrive, we evolve.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | Children | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Author Visit |
TAGS: | Author Talks | #author |
In 1897, local public servant and storekeeper George Harsh willed $10,000 for “public library purposes.” The funds purchased nearly 10,000 volumes for Massillon’s first public library. Also in 1897, J.W. McClymonds announced his gift of an endowment of $20,000 for a library. The Russell sisters, Flora and Annie, who married the McClymonds brothers, donated the Nahum S. Russell home, located on Prospect Street (now Fourth Street NE), in memory of their parents. The McClymonds Public Library opened on January 1, 1899, and was funded by private subscriptions and an annual disbursement of city funds. In 1922, the McClymonds Public Library became the Massillon City School District Library and was now funded by tax revenue.
In 1930, Annie Steese Baldwin willed her home “as the site for a new public library.” Built around 1835, the brick home overlooking downtown Massillon from Hill Street (now Second Street NE) was first the residence of the city’s founder, James Duncan.
The current Massillon Public Library (Main Location), located at the corner of Lincoln Way East and Second Street NE, opened in 1937. Designed by Albrecht & Wilhelm and funded in part by a Works Progress Administration grant, the Duncan/Baldwin home was connected by a Jeffersonian portico and rotunda to a west wing Reading Room and Children’s Room. The Massillon Museum was also housed at this location until 1996 when it moved to its present location at 121 Lincoln Way East.
