Events Calendar
Birmingham Reads: A Conversation with Imani Perry
Miles College
New Year New Books Los Angeles 2023
Sean Kelly Los Angeles
PEN America Authors’ Evening with Raven Leilani
Hosted by Cameron Forbes
PEN Out Loud: José Olivarez with Isaac Fitzgerald
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts
PEN Out Loud: Patricia Engel + Jean Chen Ho
Diesel Bookstore
PEN America Authors’ Evening with Mark Whitaker
Hosted by Celia and Henry McGee
PEN America Author’s Evening with Jon Meacham
Hosted by Jodi Dady and Charmaine Burden
PEN America Author’s Evening with Susan Wilner Golden
Hosted by Evangeline Morphos and Heidi Stamas
Literary Activism Summit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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Literary royalty at @MilesCollege tonight with Birmingham native and National Book Award winner @imaniperry and @ALPoetLaureate Ashley M. Jones with support from @thankyou_bham. Inspiring evening. https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1618636171751342081
Not enough words for the eloquence and generosity of @imaniperry in person. (And her laugh, her laughter, her smile—luminous.) ✨Do so wish I’d captured the image of @ALPoetLaureate’s purple sequins glimmering in the drizzle near a street lamp at @MilesCollege tonight.
NEW today: lawmakers in at least 8 states have recently introduced bills targeting #DragShows
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/01/ban-drag-shows-analysis-finds-bills-targeting-them-8-states/11150196002/
This comes as all- age drag shows have become a flashpoint in America’s culture wars: