Litquake Event- Dorothy Lazard: Behind the Desk at the Main
Saturday, October 17, 2026
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Museum of the African Diaspora
South of Market, San Francisco →About
Saturday October 17, 2026 2:00pm Museum of the African Diaspora Buy Tickets/RSVP FREE, $10-$15 suggested donation Co-presented with Museum of the African Diaspora Dorothy Lazard’s celebrated 2023 memoir What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World traced the beloved Oakland librarian’s coming of age through books. Now she’s back to tell more of her story, relating her experiences over two decades at the Oakland Public Library. Along the way, she makes a powerful case for the essential role of the public library as a pillar of democratic ideals, and she crafts a tribute to the library workers who have devoted their careers to supporting intellectual freedom as well as to the countless Oaklanders whom she had the privilege of serving. Lazard will be joined in conversation by Pendarvis Harshaw, community engagement reporter at KQED. Doors at 1:30pm.
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