' The Strand Book Store is a New York institution, with four floors of books, and 93 years of tradition. But while it survived a Great Depression, World War II, 9/11 and Amazon, it has struggled during the era of COVID-19. New Yorker contributor Kelefa Sanneh talks with the Strand's owners, and with the owners of EyeSeeMe , an African-American children's bookstore in St. Louis, about how independ
"The Baptism" -- A Tribute to John Lewis and C.T. Vivian . Written and Performed by Carl Hancock Rux . Directed by Carrie Mae Weems. Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
' HarvardBookStore 's virtual event series welcomes acclaimed poet Dr. Joshua Bennett—the Mellon Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College and author of The Sobbing School: Poems —for a discussion of his latest books, Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man and the poetry collection Owed . He's joined in conversation by writer and scholar Dr. Imani
' Frank Wilderson 's insistence that there is an unresolvable antagonism between the world (as we know it) and Blackness has generated important discussions within and outside of the academy. In this webinar, hosted by African and African American Studies and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, Wilderson offer reflections from his new book, Afropessimism , followed by
