Birmingham Reads: A Conversation with Imani Perry

5500 Myron Massey Blvd,Fairfield AL 35064

01 February, 2023

Description

Please join PEN America Birmingham for the final event in the Birmingham Reads program featuring a conversation with National Book Award winner Dr. Imani Perry, author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. Join us for a discussion between Perry and Birmingham-based teaching artists Tania De’Shawn and Brianna Jordynn Wright. The discussion will be followed by an audience q&a. The Birmingham Reads Project is a citywide literary event dedicated to engaging and uniting Birmingham community members in reading one book of fiction or nonfiction in one given year. This year's selection, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (winner of the 2022 National Book Award for nonfiction), by Birmingham native Imani Perry, is an ambitious accounting of the beauty, tragedy, and history of the Southern United States. Please note: You don't have to read South to America to enjoy this event. This event is free and open to the public.