Montclair Public Library Foundation » Chapter Series 2014

Montclair is a town populated with readers, writers, journalists and editors. The Montclair Public Library Foundation commissioned for its third year the “My First Chapter” essay series. The Foundation asked seven essayist’s to describe their experience with libraries.

This is what they wrote.

Arthur Levine
Author, co-director of Montclair’s BK Book Festival, and the publisher of Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.terim president of News Diversity.
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Benilde Little
Author of four novels and the upcoming memoir, “Welcome to My Breakdown” (March 2015/Atria), an exploration of herself and her mother.
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Deborah Davis
Author of many books researched at the Montclair Public Libraries, including “Fabritius and the Goldfinch,” “Guest of Honor,” and “Strapless.”
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Don Katz
A former Montclair Public Library board member, Donald Katz is an author and the founder & CEO of Audible.com.
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Harvey Araton
A longtime sports reporter and columnist for the New York Times and is the author of six nonfiction books and a 2014 novel, “Cold Type.”
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James Johnson
James Johnson, a lawyer, was born in Montclair and received his first Montclair Library card in 1968.
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Penny MacCormack
Penny MacCormack is the superintendent of schools in Montclair.
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