Mixed Bag: Story Time for Grown-Ups
Love a good story? Sit back and relax as we read you a story or two at lunchtime. Bring your lunch, bring your knitting, bring a friend. Brown bag lunches welcome!
February 2013 — African-American Voices
How John Boscoe Outsung the Devil by Arthur P. Davis
John Boscoe was the sweetest bass singer in Virginny, and he knew it too. One day the Devil overheard him boasting and challenged him to a singing contest.
When Lemuel “accidentally” found the old black purse in his Mama’s dresser drawer, it was filled with quarters and dimes and nickels and even a few dollar bills. He only took a quarter the first time. He knew Mama would find out eventually. It was just a question of time and punishment.
Other February Story Time Dates - February 20
Florence decided the time had come to leave her Southern small town for New York City, even if it meant leaving her aged mother and her shiftless brother Gabriel behind. It was time to write her own history instead of reliving her mother’s.
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