WE’RE LOVIN’ ON JAMES BALDWIN ALL YEAR LONG!
CELEBRATE JAMES BALDWIN AT 100!
This year, One Book One Bronx honors the lasting legacy of activist, scholar, and writer James Baldwin with a series of discussions, panels, screenings, and wellness, focusing on a wide range of literary works and ideas. Click here for details.
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Temple Folk by Aliyah Bilal
In Temple Folk by Aliyah Bilal, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and sexuality in America. The ten stories in this collection contribute to the bounty of diverse narratives about Black life by intimately portraying the experiences of a community that resists the mainstream culture.
Thursdays, 7-8:30p: May 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30
Bronx Collab, 3866 White Plains Rd, Bronx, NY
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May 2: Intros and free book distribution
May 9: pgs 1-65, chapters: Blue to The Spider
May 16: pgs 67-122, chapters: Candy for Hanif to Woman in Naqib
May 23: pgs 123-178, chapters: Who's Down? to Sister Rose
May 30: pgs 179-238, chapter: Due North
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Saturdays, 12-1:30p: May 4, 11, 18, 25 & June 1
Bronx River Community Garden, 180th St. & Devoe Ave.
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May 4: Intros and free book distribution
May 11: pgs 1-65, chapters: Blue to The Spider
May 18: pgs 67-122, chapters: Candy for Hanif to Woman in Naqib
May 25: pgs 123-178, chapters: Who's Down? to Sister Rose
June 1: pgs 179-238, chapter: Due North
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Tuesdays, 7-8:30p: May 7, 14, 21, & 28
on Zoom
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May 7: pgs 1-65, chapters: Blue to The Spider
May 14: pgs 67-122, chapters: Candy for Hanif to Woman in Naqib
May 21: pgs 123-178, chapters: Who's Down? to Sister Rose
May 28: Aaliyah Bilal joins the conversation (pgs 179-238, chapter: Due North)
One Book One Bronx
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
In Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem.
Saturdays, 12-1:30p: Jun 8, 15, 22, 29, & July 6
- Bronx River Community Garden, 180th St. & Devoe Ave.
Tuesdays, 7-8:30p: Jun 11, 18, 25, & July 2
- on Zoom
