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Upcoming Events

Katia D. Ulysse — Bocas Lit Fest, Port of Spain, Trinidad

4/25/18 – 4/29/18

Join Katia D. Ulysse (Mouths Don’t Speak) at the Bocas Lit Fest. Full details TBA.

Theasa Tuohy — Jefferson Market Library, New York, NY

4/28/18, 3:00pm

Join author Theasa Tuohy and Kaylie Jones Books for the New York hometown launch event for Flying Jenny at the historic Jefferson Market Library (Willa Cather Community Reading Room).

- “Fifth: You Shall Not Waste” by Piero Schiavo Campo, translated from Italian by Sarah Jane Webb
- “The Salty Dog and the Sea Maiden” by Linda M. Scott
- “For the Birds” by Bruce Harris
- “When Luck Runs Out” by Zane Castillo
- We Matter: Athletes and Activism
- “Last Stop, Greystone Park” by SA Solomon
- Prague Noir (Czech Republic)
Featured Titles

Featured: Black Interest

Loving Donovan

A long-awaited reissue of this deeply thoughtful novel about hope, forgiveness, and the cost of loving Donovan, a complex man with a shattered history.

The Book of Harlan

During World War II, two African American musicians are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean

A pan-Caribbean anthology of original short stories culled from the very best entries to the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

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