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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Amena Brown
LOCATION:Lawrenceville Hooper-Renwick Branch\nLawrenceville Hooper-Renwick
  Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Amena Brown discusses her essay collection\, "Never Tell a Bla
 ck Girl How to Black Girl\," featuring essential tales about growing up in
  the South and the joy and beauty of being a Black girl. .\nhttps://gwinne
 ttpl.libnet.info/event/16531051
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="padding-left: 30px\;"><em>Never Tel
 l a Black Girl How to Black Girl</em> blends storytelling\, humor\, and po
 p culture commentary to traverse the magic and wisdom she&rsquo\;s gleaned
  from being raised by Southern Black women\, and supported by the communit
 y of Black women who hold her down today. After graduating from the Intern
 ational Black Girl Headquarters (the renowned HBCU Spelman College)\, Amen
 a has built a career telling stories and celebrating Black womanhood. In h
 er book\, she shares stories of dancing in Janelle Monae&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;
 Tightrope&rdquo\; music video and partnering with Tracee Ellis Ross to com
 pose odes to natural hair. She imparts essential life lessons from the Rea
 l Housewives of Atlanta\, and tells hair tales\, including wisdom on the i
 deal style for her first speaking gig at Essence Fest (box braids\, 100 pe
 rcent).</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"></p>\n<p style="text-align: c
 enter\;">Books will be available for sale and signing from&nbsp\;Charis Bo
 oks &amp\; More.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="htt
 ps://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/charisLogo_0.png
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 strong>Registration is requested.</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: cent
 er\;">* By registering\, you consent to signing up for the monthly Adult P
 rograms newsletter.&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p><strong><img src="https://stati
 c.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/AS_Amena_Brown.png" width=
 "75" height="113" alt="" /></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Amena Brown</strong> 
 is a spoken-word poet and performing artist whose work interweaves keep-it
 -real storytelling with humor. She is the author of <em>How to Fix a Broke
 n Record</em> and <em>Breaking Old Rhythms</em>. Her poetry was featured i
 n the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling book <em>Rhythm of Prayer</em>. 
 Brown was featured in Olay&rsquo\;s Face Anything campaign alongside Jenni
 fer Hudson. She was also the poetic partner for PATTERN Beauty\, Tracee El
 lis Ross&rsquo\;s natural hair care and beauty brand. She lives in Atlanta
 .</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/ev
 ents/gwinnettpl/AS_Morgan_Harper_Nichols.png" width="108" height="79" alt=
 "" /></p>\n<p>Moderator <strong>Morgan Harper Nichols</strong> - Bestselli
 ng Author\, Artist &amp\; Researcher Morgan Harper Nichols is a celebrated
  artist and author known for her viral poetry and illustrations exploring 
 healing and connection. With over a million followers on Instagram\, she i
 s the creator of the Storyteller app and founder of Garden24.A PhD student
  at the University of Georgia\, Morgan researches health narratives and di
 gital media. Her work is deeply informed by her diagnosis of Autism and AD
 HD at age 31. Based in Atlanta\, she serves on the Board of Directors for 
 TWLOHA\, bridging the gap between art\,research\, and community mental hea
 lth.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><span style="color: #808080\;">Presented by Adult Se
 rvices</span></p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/16531051
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