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Displaced: A Poetry Reading and Conversation with Faraday Publishing and UMass Museum of Contemporary Art

Emily Dickinson Museum 280 Main Street, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

In collaboration with the exhibition ‘Displaced: Raida Adon’s Strangeness‘, this reading and conversation considers the struggle of navigating between multiple, often contentious, identities. Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry, 2012) will be in conversation with Samuel Miranda, moderated by Michael Mercurio (Poetry, January 2017).

Free

Absolution: Confessional Nonfiction and Hybrid Memoir Workshop with L Scully

Looky Here 28 Chapman Street, Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States

Absolution is a workshop designed to challenge the soul(s) of self-narrative. Through a combination of craft and a peer support sharing activity, we will transmutate our confessions and their literature into imperfect texts. Feel free to bring multimedia ephemera for the creation of physical and hybrid works. This workshop is a pro-queer and trans space. L Scully […]

$40

Book Challenges on the Rise: Support Your Freedom to Read

Online Zoom Event

“Freedom to Read” is a fundamental American right: your right to choose the ideas, information, and cultural experiences that are right for you and your family. That right is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. And your public library supports that right by providing free and open access to all. Book […]

Free

Stories of Hope: Children’s Authors/Allies Fighting Censorship

Online Event

30 authors and allies of children’s literature (see cast below) tell short, true stories of hope. 100% of proceeds go to PEN America to continue the fight against censorship of books and authors. STARRING: Anika Aldamuy Denise * Lesa Cline-Ransome * Lisa Fipps * Daniel Handler * Kimberly Latrice Jones * Erin Entrada Kelly * […]

Conversations with Baldwin: The Salon – Baldwin on Friendship

Online Event

Conversations with Baldwin: The Salon is a series of digital panel discussions exploring the literature and life of 20th-century author and activist James Baldwin. James Baldwin (1924 - 1987) was an American essayist, novelist, and playwright whose eloquence and passion on the subject of race in America made him an important voice in the 20th century. […]

£5

NYC Book Launch: THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON by Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, Jarrett Pumphrey, and Jacqueline Woodson

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York City, New York, United States

Celebrate bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) debut picture book along with the illustrators Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey, all in conversation with award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. "There Was a Party for Langston" is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he […]

$10

CCW Book Launch: Nada Samih-Rotondo presents “All Water Has Perfect Memory: A Memoir”

Online Zoom Event

Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate the launch of Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction, June 2012)'s, All Water Has Perfect Memory: A Memoir. A debut work from a Palestinian-American author, All Water Has Perfect Memory is a memoir that takes readers from the author's ancestral origins--the coast of Yaffa, Palestine--to her birthplace of Kuwait, eventually landing […]

Free

An Evening at Books and Books with Pamela Petro and Thomas Swick

Books & Books in Coral Gables 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Books & Books presents an evening with Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty) & Thomas Swick discussing Petro’s book: The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir.This event is FREE and open to the public and books will be available for purchase the night of the event so make […]

Free

Book Launch for “Sensitive” by Sara Levine

RJ Julia Independent Booksellers 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut, United States

Join RJ Julia Independent Booksellers to celebrate the launch of Sara Levine's (Nonfiction/WFYP, January 2006) latest picture book, Sensitive. A unique and powerful look at the ways being sensitive and having big feelings is a strength "You feel way too much." / "Will you stop being dramatic?" This tender picture book follows a girl who […]

Free

𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗵-𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼: 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 Heartleaf Books

Heartleaf Books 374 Atwells Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 takes us from the author's ancestral roots along the coast of Yaffa, Palestine, to the shores of Rhode Island. Nada Samih-Rotondo's (Fiction, June 2012) powerful narrative unravels the layers of silence within families, revealing untold stories with an enchanting blend of folklore that explores the profound connection between our bodies, […]

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SALT THE WATER | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

Busboys and Poets 450 K Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Author Candice Iloh (WFYP, June 2017) will be joined by conversation partner Ebony LaDelle and special guest Rasheed Copeland. Copies of the book will be available for purchase before and after the event, and Candice will be signing following the program. This event is free and open to all. The program begins at 6:00 pm, […]

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