RingShout: a Place for Black Literature kicks off its new reading series and celebrates the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival Join us for an evening of readings by four acclaimed African-American writers.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tayari Jones, Jeffrey Renard Allen and *Danielle Evans DJ Sounds by Rob Fields Littlefield 622 Degraw Street (3rd and 4th Avenue) Friday, September 10th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Suggested donation: $5
*Over at SheWrites, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Wench, has a great Q&A with Danielle Evans (about who (whom?) I've heard two people use the term "literary It girl"), author of the upcoming Before I Suffocate My Own Fool Self.
The collection of stories is mentioned here in a list I can get with: 3, count 'em 3, black women writers recommended by indie book stores!
