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During the Washington Public Library (WPL) Board of Trustees meeting Monday, library Director Nelson Appell unveiled the lecture program that will replace the Missouri Book Festival this fall.
In "The Last Children of Mill Creek," Vivian Gibson describes the lives of herself, her parents and siblings in their Mill Creek home in the 1950s. The predominantly Black neighborhood, which encompassed parts of midtown and downtown St. Louis, was demolished in 1959 as part of an urban renewal campaign. The Missouri Library Association has named Gibson author of the year.