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Two New York City Summer Events

I’ve been honored by two invites to some pretty cool events in New York City this month. Hope y’all can come.

First, on Saturday, July 23, from 2:30p – 3:45p, I will try to fight the feeling that I’m pretty much out of my league while appearing on a Harlem Book Fair panel with Nelson George, Melvin Van Peebles and (gulp) Amiri Baraka at the Shomburg Center.

It’s called AMERICA REDUX: BLACK AMERICA AND THE ART OF CULTURAL REINVENTION. It will be televised live on C-Span’s Book-TV.

Panel change: Amiri Baraka will be unable to come, so panel above is cancelled and I have been shifted to AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY: TRIUMPH AGAINST THE GRAIN, moderated by Cheryl Wills, New York 1 News. Saturday, July 23, from 3:55p – 5:10p. Still televised live on C-Span’s Book-TV.

More details here.

Then, the next Saturday, July 30, at 3:30p, I’ll be giving an author talk at the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center of Queens Library in Corona. Hop a train from Mecca or Medina and I will see you there. More details here.

It’s like that y’all. And that’s all.