Thursday, October 29, 2009

Conversation and Cocktails, Part II: The South City Edition - Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of The Pride of Park Avenue


Authors @ Your Library Presents Toriano Porter

Come help celebrate the one-year anniversary of The Pride of Park Avenue. Toriano Porter will discuss and sign his first published book, The Pride of Park Avenue, a collection of emotionally charged personal essays about life, loss and pain and coming-of-age short stories centered on the pursuit of the American Dream. Born and raised in South St. Louis, Toriano Porter is currently a news reporter with the Examiner news paper in Independence, Missouri. His work has appeared in publications such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Riverfront Times, Kansas City Pitch, inBox Magazine and the Houston Press. The author and former minor league football All-American for the St. Louis Bulldogs will be @ the Carpenter Branch library, 3309 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63118 on Tuesday, November 17 from 7 to 8 p.m. Books will be available for sale.