Reverse-Gentrification of the Literary World

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Upcoming Events

Kevin Powell – Brooklyn Book Festival (Main Stage)

10/1/23, 11:00am

A Half Century of Hip-Hop: This summer’s grand celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary was beautiful and affirming for longtime fans and practitioners of this perennially maligned and underestimated genre/subculture. Now that the landmark events have passed, what do we make of not just the story of hip-hop but its evolving place in the public imagination? […]

Joyce Carol Oates – Labyrinth Books (Princeton, NJ)

10/5/23, 6:00pm

Joyce Carol Oates presents A Darker Shade of Noir, in conversation with AM Homes

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Catalog Tag: John Carlos

Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story

By: Wyomia Tyus and Elizabeth Terzakis

A timely memoir about world record–breaking Tyus’s 1964 and 1968 Olympic victories, amid the turbulence of the 1960s, along with contemporary reflections.

We Matter: Athletes and Activism

By: Etan Thomas

In interviews and essays, high-profile activist athletes explore the intersection of sports and politics.