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SUMMARY:Reading of BLESSINGS AND DISASTERS by Alexis Okeowo\, 6:30 p.m. at Thank You Books
DESCRIPTION:Thank You Books presents author Alexis Okeowo\, reading from her new book\, Blessings and Disasters\, Thursday 6:30 p.m. \n5502B Crestwood Blvd\, Birmingham\, AL 35212 \n6:30PM CT – Event \nContact: Kristen Iskandrian\, kristen@thankyoubookshop.com \nEvent linked here.
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LOCATION:Thank You Books\, 5502 Crestwood Blvd Unit B\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35212\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tina Mozelle Braziel and James Braziel present GLASS CABIN
DESCRIPTION:Join Thank You Books for an afternoon with husband-and-wife authors and UAB professors Tina Mozelle Braziel and James Braziel\, and to celebrate their fascinating new book of poetry. \n“GLASS CABIN chronicles the thirteen years Tina and James spent building their home out of second-hand tin\, tornado-snapped power poles\, and church glass on a waterless ridge in rural Alabama. Their alternating voices support one another like parts of their cabin—every board needs its nail\, every window needs its frame. These poems explore the work it takes to measure cuts for stairs\, to haul water—one ton at a time—up the side of the mountain\, and to write. It is also a meditation on hope\, on frustration\, and their place in the wilder parts of the world.” \nThe event is free but registration is encouraged:  please register here \nJames and Tina Mozelle Braziel are a husband-and-wife writing team. They have received fellowships from Hot Springs National Park and Alabama State Council on the Arts. James’s book\, This Ditch-Walking Love\, winner of the Tartt Fiction Award\, tells the stories of people living on Alabama’s Cumberland Plateau. His novels Birmingham\, 35 Miles (Bantam) and Snakeskin Road (Bantam) are about the survivors of an environmental disaster in the future South. James\, an associate professor\, teaches creative writing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Tina Mozelle Braziel is the author of Known by Salt (Anhinga)\, winner of the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry\, and Rooted by Thirst (Porkbelly). Her work has appeared in POETRY and other journals. Tina directs the Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop for high school students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. James and Tina live and write in a glass cabin that they are building by hand on Hydrangea Ridge.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/tina-mozelle-braziel-and-james-braziel-present-glass-cabin/
LOCATION:Thank You Books\, 5502 Crestwood Blvd Unit B\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35212\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ayana Mathis presents THE UNSETTLED\, in conversations with Idrissa N. Snider
DESCRIPTION:Having loved The Twelve Tribes of Hattie\, we are over the moon to host Ayana Mathis in celebration of her much-anticipated second novel THE UNSETTLED. She will be in conversation with scholar and author Dr. Idrissa N. Snider. The event is free\, open to everyone\, and seating is first-come\, first-serve. \n* \nAYANA MATHIS’s first novel\, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie\, was a New York Times best seller\, an NPR Best Book of 2013\, the second selection for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. and has been translated into sixteen languages. Her nonfiction has been published in The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, Guernica\, and Rolling Stone. Mathis is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She was born in Philadelphia\, and currently lives in New York City where she teaches writing in Hunter College’s MFA Program. \nIdrissa N. Snider\, Ph.D.\, is a womanist scholar and author. Her forthcoming book\, So\, Journey and Tell the Truth: Self-Definitive Exploration of Black American Female Icons\, is slated for release in 2024 with Lexington. It is a fresh look at how Black women posit identity as a force of resistance against political and entertainment spaces that systematically misname and mischaracterize the group. Snider travels the country facilitating talks and lectures on DEI at the crossroads of intersectionality. In addition to Snider’s research\, she is passionate about our youth and supports numerous educational efforts to promote African American history. She frequently writes an opinion column for the Birmingham Times and has taught at The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Samford University\, amongst other colleges and institutes.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/ayana-mathis-presents-the-unsettled-in-conversations-with-idrissa-n-snider/
LOCATION:Thank You Books\, 5502 Crestwood Blvd Unit B\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35212\, United States
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