PAST: Author Marita Golden "The Word: Black Writers Talk About the Transformative Power of Reading and Writing" WED, Jan 19th at 6:30pm, Free

"The Word: Black Writers Talk About the Transformative Power of Reading and Writing" with author Marita Golden

Wednesday, January 19th

6:30pm

Free

In these thirteen strikingly candid interviews, bestselling authors, winners of the Pulitzer Prize, and writers picked by Oprah’s Book Club discuss how the acts of reading and writing have deeply affected their lives by expanding the conceptual borders of their communities and broadening their sense of self. The book includes interviews with: Chimamanda N. Adichie, Faith Adiele, Pearl Cleage, J. California Cooper, Ellis Cose Edwidge Danticat, John Hope Franklin, Nikki Giovanni, Wil Haygood, Mat Johnson, Edward P. Jones, David Levering Lewis, Nathan McCall.

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