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ROBERT JONES JR. AND BRIT BENNETT

I had read tons of literary works and yet could find none where Black queer love was front and center, or present in the cultural or historical landscape prior to the Harlem Renaissance of the 20th century. Where I did find references, it was only in the context of sexual assault or some other form of depravity. And my question was: What about love?Robert Jones, Jr.

Join Robert Jones, Jr., and Brit Bennett in conversation as they discuss Jones’ debut novel The Prophets.

This Crowdcast event is hosted by Charis Books & More, outside Atlanta. See link below to register.

ROBERT JONES, JR., IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIT BENNETT

A Charis Virtual Event

Tuesday, January 12.

4:30 pm on the West Coast; 7:30 pm East Coast.

From top: Robert Jones Jr., photograph by Alberto Vargas, courtesy and © the author, the photographer, and G. P. Putnam’s Sons; Brit Bennett, photograph by Emma Trim, courtesy and © the author and the photographer; Jones, The Prophets, cover image courtesy and © G. P. Putnam’s Sons; Bennett, The Vanishing Half, cover image courtesy and © Riverhead Books.

ISABEL WILKERSON AND JACQUELINE WOODSON IN CONVERSATION

As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.Isabel Wilkerson, Caste*

Isabel Wilkerson—author of The Warmth of Other Suns—will join children’s author Jacqueline Woodson for an online discussion of Wilkerson’s new historical study CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS, which “examines how America has been shaped by an unspoken caste system and the impacts of this rigid hierarchy of human divisions on our lives today. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, she explores eight pillars that underlie these systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more.”*

The conversation is presented by the California African American Museum, and a signed copy of CASTE is available to order. See links below for details.

ISABEL WILKERSON and JACQUELINE WOODSON IN CONVERSATION*

Monday, August 10.

5 pm on the West Coast; 8 pm East Coast.

*Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (New York: Random House, 2020).

See Eso Won Books to order a signed copy.

From top: Isabel Wilkerson, courtesy and © the author and Minnesota Public Radio; Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020), cover image courtesy and © the author and Random House; Jacqueline Woodson, courtesy and © the author and the photographer; Woodson, Red at the Bone, cover image courtesy and © the author and Riverhead Books.