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Past events
Paperback Book Launch for The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts with Daphne Palasi Andreades
–P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard St., NY, NYPaperback Book Launch
$5 admission
View eventTable of Contents Reading Series with Rita Bullwinkel, and Emmeline Clein!
–Chelsea MarketView eventExhibit B in NYC: Center for Fiction, Brooklyn, NY
The Center for Fiction Café & BarReading, with John Manuel Arias (Where There Was Fire), Monique Laban (Center for Fiction Emerging Writers Fellow), and Asha Thanki (A Thousand Times Before). Moderated by Claire Oleson (Center for Fiction Emerging Writers Fellow)
View eventWho? New! Debut Authors Panel: Brooklyn Book Festival
–Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, NYPanel reading and discussion with Madelaine Lucas (Thirst for Salt), Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall (Tauhau), Jinwoo Chong (Flux), Eliot Duncan (Ponyboy). Moderated by Catherine Lacey (The Biography of X)
View eventThe Intangible Heritage of Storytelling: Africa Writes Festival at the British Library (Virtual), London, U.K
–VirtualGuest speaker at the Africa Writes Festival at the British Library, London, U.K (and remote) with BookofCinz Book Club
View eventAll of the Indies Writers Panel: Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
–Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn Heights Branch), Brooklyn, NYPanel discussion and reading with Sharma Taylor (What a Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You), Camille Hernández-Ramdwar (Suite as Sugar), and Vanessa Walters (The Nigerwife)
View eventFeatured Author: Sankofa Bookstore, Washington, D.C
Sankofa Video, Books, and Cafe, Washington D.CReading and discussion with Alexis Harper (Howard Scholar)
View eventJuneteenth Read Black Banned Books
Greenlight Bookstore, Fort Greene, BrooklynReading of Black banned books with Zakiya Dalila Harris (The Other Black Girl) wearing custom shirts of banned Black authors, Toni Morrison and Octavia Butler, from the Black owned business, Granru Market. Some proceeds went to benefit two Black organizations, The Free Black Women's Library and Black Girls Sew.
View eventFeatured Author: NJPAC and Source of Knowledge Bookstore at Akwaaba Gallery, Newark, NJ
Akwaaba Art Gallery, Newark NJReading and discussion with Maisy Card (These Ghosts are Family), sponsored by NJPAC in collaboration with Source of Knowledge bookstore.
View eventPete’s Reading Series: Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
Pete's Candy StorePete's Reading Series with Kirthana Ramisetti (Advika and the Hollywood Wives) and Richard Mirabella (Brother & Sister Enter the Forest)
View eventFranklin Park Reading Series
Franklin Park, Brooklyn, NYFranklin Park Reading Series with Tim Blake Nelson (City of Blows), Idra Novey (Take What You Need), Mahogany Browne (Chrome Valley), Mary Otis (Burst), and Laura Spence-Ash (Beyond That: the Sea).
View eventFeatured Author: Virginia Tech English Department, Blacksburg Library, Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg Library, Blacksburg VAFeatured Author: Virginia Tech English Department with Matthew Vollmer (All of Us Together in the End)
View eventBook Launch: El Santo Taqueria, Brooklyn, NY
El Santo Taqueria, Brooklyn, NYBook launch with Prince Shakur (When They Tell You to Be Good).
View eventOff Site On Point: Three Authors on Writing & Activism - AWP Offsite Event at The Hideout, Seattle, WA
The Hideout, Seattle, WAAWP Offsite Event: Reading and discussion with Madeleine ffitch (Stay and Fight) and Prince Shakur (When They Tell You to Be Good)













