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SUMMARY:The Great Wherever with Shannon Sanders 
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:An evening with Shannon Sanders and Jamise Harper examining id
 eas of inheritance\, Black landownership and modern pressures. .\nhttps://
 dclibrary.libnet.info/event/16786666
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join the Library and Loyalty Bookstores fo
 r a conversation with DC author Shannon Sanders discussing her new book <a
  href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/search/card?id=96637849-45d4-533f-85d
 c-ae27b95e71b3&amp\;entityType=FormatGroup" title="The Great Wherever"><em
 >The Great Wherever</em></a>. In conversation with Jamise Harper of Spines
  and Vines\, Sanders will discuss this expansive family saga with a live a
 udience at MLK Library.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>How do ancestors\, land\, and debt 
 inform a present-day decision about what to keep and what to let go? This 
 conversation will explore questions like:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>How ancestral voi
 ces and family history shape decisions about land and legacy.</li>\n<li>Th
 e economic and personal stakes for a modern DC gig worker confronting debt
  and obligation .</li>\n<li>The farm&rsquo\;s role as burdensome inheritan
 ce and its impact across generations.</li>\n<li>Editorial and design insig
 hts highlighted in recent coverage of the book&rsquo\;s development.&nbsp\
 ;</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This conversation offers the opportunity to assess how i
 nheritance\, history\, and present circumstances intersect and to consider
  practical approaches to navigating family legacy today.&nbsp\;</p>\n<h4>A
 bout the Book</h4>\n<p>In <a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/search/ca
 rd?id=96637849-45d4-533f-85dc-ae27b95e71b3&amp\;entityType=FormatGroup" ti
 tle="The Great Wherever"><em>The Great Wherever</em></a>\, Shannon Sanders
  follows Aubrey Lamb\, a thirty-two-year-old underpaid gig worker in Washi
 ngton\, DC\, who inherits her father&rsquo\;s stake in a Tennessee farm wh
 ile four ancestral ghosts watch and judge. A parallel narrative traces the
  land&rsquo\;s history from Thomas&mdash\;one of the first Black landowner
 s in his community&mdash\;through a tragedy that fractures the Lamb family
  and echoes across generations. As a potential sale approaches\, Aubrey we
 ighs legacy against immediate needs\, and the novel&rsquo\;s modern voice 
 balances difficult histories with clear\, grounded observation.&nbsp\;</p>
 \n<h4>About the Author and Conversation Partner</h4>\n<p><strong>Shannon S
 anders</strong> is the author of the linked short story collection Company
 \, which won the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes&rsquo\; Art&nbsp\;Seid
 enbaum&nbsp\;Award for First Fiction\, was named one of the best books of 
 2023 by Publishers Weekly and&nbsp\;Debutiful\, and was shortlisted for th
 e 2024 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Her short fiction 
 has appeared in One Story\, The Sewanee Review\, Virginia Quarterly Review
 \, and Electric Literature. She lives in Silver Spring\, Maryland\, with h
 er husband and three sons.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Jamise Harper</strong>\,
  literary influencer\, founder of Spines &amp\; Vines\, and host of the In
 stagram Live series Literary Wine Down\, will guide the conversation. Her 
 work centers diverse stories\, with engagements spanning authors such as S
 .A. Cosby\, Tayari Jones\, Elizabeth Acevedo\, and programs with the Essen
 ce Festival\, the National Book Foundation\, and the Well-Read Black Girl 
 Festival\, including:&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/e
 vent/16786666
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