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Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm, Mar 11, 18, 25, & Apr 1
on Zoom > Click here to register
One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hurston’s classic has become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.
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First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream
by Jessica Hoppe
An unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka.
April 12, Chaps Intros & Book giveaways
April 19, Chaps 1-9
April 26, Chaps 10-18
May 3, Chaps 19-27 (Jessica Hoppe will join the conversation)
May 10, Chaps 28-35
Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm, Apr 15, 22, 29, & May 6
on Zoom
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April 15, Chaps 1-9
April 22, Chaps 10-18
Apr 29, Chaps 19-27
May 6, Chaps 28-35
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today.com, LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire, Publishers Weekly
In this deeply moving and lyrical memoir, Jessica Hoppe shares an intimate, courageous account of what it means to truly interrupt cycles of harm. Perfect for fans of The Recovering by Leslie Jamison, Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford, and Heavy by Kiese Laymon.
During the first year of quarantine, drug overdoses spiked, the highest ever recorded. And Hoppe’s cousin was one of them. “I never learned the true history of substance use disorder in my family,” In First in the Family, Hoppe shares her journey, the first in her family to do so, and takes the listener on a remarkable investigation of her family’s history, the American Dream, and the erasure of BIPOC from recovery institutions and narratives, leaving the reader with an urgent message of hope.
SOON COME…
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
by Edwidge Danticat
Saturdays 12-130p: 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7, & 6/14
Bronx River Community Garden, 180th St. & Devoe Ave.
Tuesdays 7-830p: 5/20, 5/27, 6/3, & 6/10
Zoom
Village Weavers by Myriam J. A. Chancy
Saturdays 12-130p: 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, & 7/26
Bronx River Community Garden, 180th St. & Devoe Ave.
Tuesdays 7-830p: 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, & 7/22
Zoom
Myriam J. A. Chancy in conversation
Saturday, 7/19/2025, Time and location TBD
Sweet Undoings
by Yanick Lahens (Author), Kaiama L. Glover (Translator)
Saturdays, 12-130p: 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, & 8/30
James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center, 100 W Mosholu Parkway S., The Bronx
Tuesdays, 7-830p: 8/5, 8/12, 8/29, & 8/26
Zoom
(S)kin by Ibi Zoboi
Saturdays, 12-130p: 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, & 10/4
James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center, 100 W Mosholu Parkway S., The Bronx
Tuesdays, 7-830p: 9/9. 9/16, 9/23, & 9/30
Zoom
My Parents' Marriage by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture by Courtney Thorsson
