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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Nikesha Elise Williams
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DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning author Nikesha Elise Williams as she discus
 ses her newest novel\, "The Seven Daughters of Dupree\," which explores th
 e ripple effects of actions\, secrets\, and love through seven generations
  of Black women..\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/15666449
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>It's 1995\, and fourteen-year-old Tati des
 perately wants to know the identity of her father. Gossip flies fast and l
 oose in her mother Nadia's basement salon\, but when it comes to family\, 
 she's tight-lipped. Tati's grandmother\, Gladys\, won't tell her either\; 
 nor will Gladys tell Nadia the real reason she fled Land&rsquo\;s End\, Al
 abama\, in 1953. These are the first of many secrets in the matrilineal li
 ne of Dupree women. There's Jubi in 1917 who failed to pass for white when
  she had a dark baby\, Ruby. Ruby's lust for Sampson in 1934 that leads to
  a baby of her own out of wedlock. And the night in 1980 that Nadia won&rs
 quo\;t speak of. Dupree women only have daughters\, a malediction passed d
 own because of the suffering by the first of their line. None of the women
  know their ancestor&rsquo\;s enslaved or given name\, only the legend of 
 how she died: They cut off her head because she ran. Readers will journey 
 with Tati to uncover the identity of her father\, while learning the truth
  of her lineage\, still whispered at kitchen tables and murmured in baseme
 nts\, where the ritual of pressing hair happens every Saturday night.</p>\
 n<p style="text-align: center\;">Books will be available for sale and sign
 ing from&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.thebookcellar.shop/">The Book Cellar.<
 /a>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="https://static.l
 ibnet.info/frontend-images/editor/gwinnettpl/Copy_of_The-Book-Cellar_logo.
 jpg" width="64" height="125" alt="" /></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;
 "><strong>Registration is requested.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="text-a
 lign: center\;">* By registering\, you consent to signing up for the month
 ly Adult Programs newsletter.&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p style="text-align: le
 ft\;"><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/
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 ong></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><strong>Nikesha Elise Williams</st
 rong> is a two-time Emmy Award&ndash\;winning producer\, an award-winning 
 author\, and producer and host of the Black and Published podcast. A narra
 tive strategist by day and journalist always\, her work has appeared in <e
 m>The Washington Post\, Essence\, and Vox</em>. Nikesha is a Kimbilio Fict
 ion Fellow and a DeGroot Foundation Writer of Note grantee. A Chicago nati
 ve\, she lives in Florida with her family.</p>\n<p style="text-align: left
 \;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl
 /AS_Densha_Augustin.png" width="69" height="103" alt="" /></p>\n<p style="
 text-align: left\;">Moderator <strong>Denisha Augustin</strong> is 1/4 of 
 The Reading Black Girls\, an online platform committed to amplifying and p
 romoting books written by BIPOC authors. Since 2021\, TRBG has interviewed
  authors\, covered book fests\, collaborated on campaigns with trade publi
 shers\, and were featured on <em>Essence</em>&rsquo\;s online platform. In
  her spare time\, you can find Nish drinking matcha\, packing her Kindle f
 or a flight\, yapping away on Book Threads\, or curled up with her newest 
 thriller obsession.</p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><span style="color:
  #808080\;">Presented by Adult Services.&nbsp\;</span></p>\nhttps://gwinne
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