Between the Lines: My Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. Harris

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and PEN America present Jessica B Harris, preeminent culinary scholar of the African Diaspora, cookbook author, and journalist, pens a memoir about a time in her life shaped by a romance with fellow college professor Sam Floyd, as well as friendships and chance encounters with cultural icons James Baldwin, Maya Angelou and Nina Simone.

Harris will be in conversation with Chef Carla Hall, co-host of ABC’s popular Emmy award-winning lifestyle series The Chew. A book signing will follow.

The event will be livestreamed here. 

Please RSVP here. 

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2017 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT. Find out what we’re up to during the Brooklyn Book Festival here.