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Literary Talks: Saeed Jones (BK)

  • BAM 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA (map)

In conversation with Lynn Nottage
With opening reading by Brooklyn Reads youth poet

Launch of How We Fight for Our Lives
Co-presented by BAM and Greenlight Bookstore

Poet Saeed Jones is joined in conversation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage to celebrate the launch of his new memoir. In How We Fight for Our Lives, Jones shares his story of a young, black, gay man from the South who fights to carve out a place for himself within his family, within his country, and within his own hopes, desires, and fears.

The evening’s program opens with a reading by a youth poet from BAM’s Brooklyn Reads program. Following the moderated discussion, the audience is invited to participate in the conversation. A book signing with Jones will follow.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.

Earlier Event: October 5
Nuit Blanche
Later Event: October 10
Zadie Smith presents Grand Union (BK)