Aya de León

Aya de León, Brian Copeland, Kia Corthron, Anita Gail Jones, more

19 JUNE 2022 — sunday

Book Passage presents a special presentation of Black writers and activists sharing their reflections on Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the emancipation of those enslaved in the United States, featuring readings by award-winning actor and author Brian Copeland, Not a Genuine Black Man, playwright and novelist Kia Corthron, The Moon and the Mars, artist and writer Anita Gail Jones, The Peach Seed, novelist Aya de León, A Spy in the Struggle, educator and nonfiction writer Jarvis R. Givens, Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching, novelist Robert Jones, Jr., The Prophets, finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction, nonfiction writer Julie Lythcott-Haims, How to Raise an Adult, law professor and writer Rhonda V. Magee, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness, author Anna Malaika-Tubbs, The Three Mothers, novelist Jason Mott, Hell of a Book, activist Zach Norris, Defund Fear, minister and essayist Danté Stewart, Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle, activist Larry Ward, America's Racial Karma, and physician and writer September Williams, Chasing Mercury, moderated by Paula Farmer, online, free, 4:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/special-juneteenth-panel-event-book-passage-online-event)