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.
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.