Rotating between fiction and nonfiction, the goal is to enjoy and grow our knowledge of the writing accomplished by Black, South Asian, Native, Latinx, and many other authors of color. Come listen, discuss, and learn how the words of those usually underrepresented in literature can fit within the world we live in today.

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Hosted by Devlin Prince: former bookseller, currently working in the public health field. He is an avid reader and especially likes reading outdoors. Enjoys not only talking about books, but also about movies, food, and traveling.

 


Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 7pm: 
 No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

“More eloquent than W. E. B. DuBois, more penetrating than Richard Wright.... It contains truth that cannot be denied.”
The Atlantic Monthly

“Characteristically beautiful.... He has not himself lost access to the sources of his being–which is what makes him read and awaited by perhaps a wider range of people than any other major American writer.” 
The Nation

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No Name in the Street


Wednesday, April 8, 2020, 7pm: 
Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

“That rare commodity, a truly public novel... Morrison’s genius lies in her uncanny ability to immerse you totally in the world she creates.”
Newsweek

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Tar Baby


PAST PICKS FOR THE WRITERS IN COLOR BOOKCLUB,
CURATED BY DEVLIN PRINCE

February 2020: The Wide Circumference of Love by Marita Golden
Wide Circumference of Love

January 2020: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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December 2019: How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
How to be an Antiracist

November 2019: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing

October 2019: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle
The Ballad of Black Tom

September 2019: When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
When They Call You a Terrorist

August 2019: American Spy
American Spy

July 2019: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Book of Unknown Americans

June 2019: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Little Fires Everywhere

May 2019: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
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April 2019: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
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March 2019: There There by Tommy Orange
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February 2019: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
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January 2019: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
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December 2018: Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve L. Ewing
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November 2018: An American Marriage: A Novel by Tayari Jones
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October 2018Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah A. Miranda. 
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September 2018The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. 
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