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.
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.
October 9, 2019, 7pm: This month's pick is
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle
"The Ballad of Black Tom stands on its own as a compelling weird tale of Jazz-age New York City, but its penetrating examination of Lovecraft’s creations and how they reflect racism’s profound influence on our cultural imagination is where it really shines." ―Slate
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November 13, 2019, 7pm: This month's pick is
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
“The heart of Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing is story—the yearning for a narrative to help us understand ourselves, the pain of the gaps we’ll never fill, the truths that are failed by words and must be translated through ritual and song... Ward’s writing throbs with life, grief, and love, and this book is the kind that makes you ache to return to it.”
—Buzzfeed
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December 18, 2019, 7pm: This month's pick is
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
“Kendi dissects why in a society where so few people consider themselves to be racist the divisions and inequalities of racism remain so prevalent. How to be an Antiracist punctures the myths of a post-racial America, examining what racism really is—and what we should do about it.”
—Time
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January 8, 2020, 7pm: This month's pick is
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“From one of the world’s great contemporary writers comes the story of two Nigerians making their way in the U.S. and the UK, raising universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for identity and a home.”
—Barack Obama
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PAST PICKS:
September 2019: When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
August 2019: American Spy
July 2019: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
June 2019: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
May 2019: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
April 2019: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
March 2019: There There by Tommy Orange. 
February 2019: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. 
January 2019: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. 
December 2018: Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve L. Ewing. 
November 2018: An American Marriage: A Novel by Tayari Jones. 
October 2018: Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah A. Miranda. 
September 2018: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. 
