SchomburgCenter Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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TODAY, Nov. 12 at 2 PM: Author and poet Marilyn Nelson (Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life) will be in conversation with Tammi Lawson, curator of the #SchomburgCenter's Art and Artifacts Division. https://t.co/uZaFhxqPZe https://t.co/jcpcwC1i2C

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Passing, a new film based on Nella Larsen’s novel of the same name, was released by #Netflix for streaming online earlier this month. Learn about materials in @NYPL’s collections on the celebrated writer. #SchomburgCenter https://t.co/rL6S7aegEr

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NEXT WED., 6/15 at 6:30 PM. Join us at the #SchomburgCenter for the book talk, The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance and Reawakening. We explore Black library history, activism & the future. A reception follows. #SchomburgLitFest2022 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pre-lit-fest-2022-the-black-librarian-in-america-tickets-343099689407?aff=schomburgsocialmedia

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Coming up next week at the #SchomburgCenter! Aug. 9 | 7 PM | The Moth: Daughters of the Movement Aug. 10 | 6:30 PM | Between the Lines: Harlem Shuffle: A Novel by Colson Whitehead Aug. 11 | 6:30 PM Jazz at the Schomburg featuring Nite Bjuti https://t.co/JWMc9A61EN https://t.co/G5f6ZYajKz

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THURSDAY, March 10 at 6:30 PM: Join the online conversation between Dr. Vincent Brown and Dr. Laurent Dubois. The two will discuss Dr. Brown's book, Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War. It won our 2021 Harriet Tubman Prize. #SchomburgCenter https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lapidus-center-presents-tackys-revolt-tickets-268222900917?aff=schomburgsocialmedia

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Next Tues., 2/15 |6:30 PM: Join us online for a celebration of NY’s ballroom scene with And the Category Is… by Ricky Tucker, which delves into the culture founded over a century ago by the LGBTQ+ Black & Latino community of Harlem. #SchomburgCenter #BHM https://t.co/nEzeiF8ZcG

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Wed, 4/26 at 6:30 PM: Dr. Josef Sorett will be in conversation with #SchomburgCenter Director Joy L. Bivins. They will discuss his new book Black Is a Church: Christianity and the Contours of African American Life. Collaboration with #ColumbiaUniversity https://t.co/OzrlqrY2En

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Schomburg is partnering with Songs of the Living: a gathering led by Toshi Reagon inspired by Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park. Add your voice! The first 50 singers to register will be selected for the choir: https://t.co/ORCu3WhZOs https://t.co/GzaqSzbwEb

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Wed, 6/14 at 6:30 PM: Join us to celebrate the publication of Easily Slip into Another World, the autobiography of composer Henry Threadgill. Co-written w/the #SchomburgCenter's Brent Hayes Edwards. Plus, a talk w/Threadgill & poet Yusef Komunyakaa. https://t.co/rznTYwGTsY

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Wed., 2/23 & Thurs., 2/24 at 7:30 PM: @LitPartners is holding a virtual public reading of Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye. Participants include Nikole Hannah-Jones, Angela Davis, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, and more. #SchomburgCenter @WSOW_by_LP https://events.literacypartners.org/bluesteye/?utm_source=schomburg&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bluest