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Scholar-Author Imani Perry on Listening Deeply, Turning 50, Writing About Historical Atrocities and Being a Mother

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By: Suzanne Trimel | February 2, 2023

Prize-Winning Author of South to America is featured speaker in finale of Birmingham Reads, PEN Birmingham’s collective reading experience of her book. More

PEN America Presents Conversation Feb. 1 with National Book Award Winner and Birmingham Native Imani Perry

Press ReleaseJanuary 25, 2023

Birmingham Reads launched last summer and engaged over 100 community members in conversations about history, race, music, and culture, according to Alina Stefanescu, PEN Birmingham chapter leader. She said: “Reading… More

Birmingham Reads

Birmingham Reads: “High Art From the Hollar: the Value of Southern Colloquialisms”

Thursday, December 8, 2022 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT
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Sept. 2 Launch of Birmingham Reads with Imani Perry’s South to America as First Title; Kick Off Event at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Press ReleaseAugust 24, 2022

Ashley M Jones, poet laureate of Alabama and co-chapter leader of PEN Birmingham, said:  “By reading one book of fiction or nonfiction in one given year and then discussing… More

Mitchell Jackson and Imani Perry

PEN Out Loud Talks: Mitchell S. Jackson and Imani Perry

InterviewFebruary 3, 2020

"I do believe that books can change the world, or at least, how we inhabit it." More

Mitchell Jackson and Imani Perry

PEN Out Loud: Mitchell S. Jackson with Imani Perry

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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