Stardom, Sexuality & Dissociation: Three Memoirs
Chloé Caldwell’s Trying: A Memoir is one woman’s story told through selective journaling: her struggle with infertility, the dissolution of her marriage – and an
An Extraordinary Woman: The Legacy Of Harriet Tubman – Nonfiction
In Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War, Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black, Ph.D., recounts one of Tubman’s most
How Tech Billionnaires Are Shaping Our Future – Nonfiction
Faiz Siddiqui’s Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk offers a portrait of a man once frequently heralded as a modern-day Edison who took a
Revisiting Maus – Nonfiction
In the pages of MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus, Art Spiegelman revisits the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus, which altered how we see literature,
Growing Up In Fidel Castro’s Cuba – Ficción/Fiction
Wendy Guerra’s Everyone Leaves: A Novel follows Nieve in 1978 Cuba as she turns to her diary – her only constant in a life of
Abby Phillip On Jesse Jackson & The Fight For Black Political Power – Nonfiction
This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. With A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power, CNN
Struggles On The Periphery: Profundity In The Everyday – Fiction
Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s False War: A Novel, translated by Natasha Wimmer, portrays ambivalent castaways living lives of deep estrangement from their home country. Álvarez links
What Shapes Black Lives – Nonfiction
In Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings (Harper), Honorée Fanonne Jeffers reflects on the historical and personal tensions shaping Black women’s lives. From girlhood
American Icons: How Baldwin & Butler Changed Literature & The World – Nonfiction
In Baldwin: A Love Story, Nicholas Boggs reveals how profoundly James Baldwin’s personal relationships shaped his life and work. Drawing on newly uncovered archival material
That’s Entertainment! Television Icons – Nonfiction
This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. David Margolick’s When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy is the
Family Strife, The Deliciously Sublime & Clouds In The Desert – Fiction
Iddo Gefen’s Mrs. Lilienblum’s Cloud Factory: A Novel, translated by Daniella Zamir, begins with the title character drinking a martini in a crater in the
Alone In Anne Frank’s House – Nonfiction
In 2021, French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight – alone for 10 hours – in the Annex in Amsterdam, where Anne