Past Events

October 2020
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o at Politcs and Prose Live! October 16, 2020, The Perfect Nine, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's genre-defying novel in verse tells the story of the founding of the Gĩkũyũ people of Kenya.
Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts at the Center for Fiction October 7, 2020, Can America overcome the generational effects of 400 years of slavery when monuments honoring Confederate generals and slave traders still stand . . .
Nell Bernstein at the Center for Fiction October 5, 2020, . . .
Alain Mabanckou at the Brooklyn Book Festival October 5, 2020, The 2020 Brooklyn Book Festival hosts the online event "Ripples of Violence: Personal and Literary." While the world faces unrest from a multitude . . .
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o at the Brooklyn Book Festival October 4, 2020, The 2020 Brooklyn Book Festival hosts the online event "Time-Travelers: From Creation Myths to Future Worlds" with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Alexis . . .
Romesh Gunesekera at the Brooklyn Book Festival October 4, 2020, The 2020 Brooklyn Book Festival hosts the online event "Coming of Age in Challenging Times." Childhood can seem to exist in a bubble, defined by . . .
Chris Lombardi at the Center on Conscience & War October 3, 2020,

September 2020
Dahr Jamail at the Saint Paul Public Library September 30, 2020, Acclaimed journalist and climate advocate Dahr Jamail is the author of The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of . . .
Canio's Books Hosts Civil Rights Warriors: Janet Bell & Lewis Steel September 26, 2020,
Here We Are! An Outdoor Talk with Sohaila Abdulali and Chanel Miller September 23, 2020, New York NY McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers hosts Sohaila Abdulali, author of What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape, and Chanel Miller, . . .
Beyond Alternatives to the Prison Industrial Complex September 18, 2020, . . .
LAWCHA Pandemic Book Talk, Blood on the River by Marjoleine Kars September 17, 2020, The Labor and Working Class History Association's Pandemic Book Talks hosts historian Marjoleine Kars for a conversation about her new book . . .

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