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SUMMARY:Jamila Minnicks | Well-Read Black Girl
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:PEN/Bellwether Prize-winning author Jamila Minnicks joins Well
 -Read Black Girl's Glory Edim for an enlightening discussion about her nov
 el "Moonrise Over New Jessup." .\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/8651
 882
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join the newest and hottest book club in t
 own! Glory Edim is excited to bring her legendary book club to the DC Publ
 ic Library\, introducing a cohort of diverse writers to future generations
 .</p>\n<p>For the July meeting of the <strong><a href="https://www.dclibra
 ry.org/well-read-black-girl">Well-Read Black Girl at DC Public Library</a>
 </strong> Book Club\, PEN/Bellwether Prize-winning author Jamila Minnicks 
 joins Glory for an enlightening discussion about her novel&nbsp\;<strong><
 a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/results?qu=
 Moonrise+Over+New+Jessup&amp\;te="><em>Moonrise Over New Jessup</em></a></
 strong>.&nbsp\;The title opens in 1957 and follows Alice Young as she move
 s to the&nbsp\;all-Black town of New Jessup\, Alabama\, where residents ha
 ve largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement.
  Instead\, they seek to maintain\, and fortify\, the community they cheris
 h on their &ldquo\;side of the woods.&rdquo\; In this place\, Alice falls 
 in love with Raymond Campbell\, whose clandestine organizing activities ch
 allenge New Jessup&rsquo\;s longstanding status quo and could lead to the 
 young couple&rsquo\;s expulsion&mdash\;or worse&mdash\;from the home they 
 both hold dear. But as Raymond continues to push alternatives for enhancin
 g New Jessup&rsquo\;s political power\, Alice must find a way to balance h
 er undying support for his underground work with her desire to protect New
  Jessup from the rising pressure of upheaval from inside\, and outside\, t
 heir side of town.</p>\n<h4>About Jamila Minnicks</h4>\n<p><img src="https
 ://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/Jamila_Minnicks.png
 " alt="Jamilla Minnicks" width="125" height="125" style="float: left\; mar
 gin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" />Jamila Minnicks&rsquo\; novel Moonrise Over Ne
 w Jessup\, won the 2021 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.
  Her short fiction and essays are published\, or forthcoming\, in The Sun\
 , CRAFT\, Catapult\, Blackbird\, The Write Launch\, and elsewhere\, and he
 r piece\, Politics of Distraction\, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. 
 In 2022\, Jamila was awarded a Tennessee Williams scholarship for the Sewa
 nee Writers&rsquo\; Conference\, and she also earned a residency at the Vi
 rginia Center for the Creative Arts.</p>\n<p>Jamila is a graduate of the U
 niversity of Michigan\, the Howard University School of Law\, and the Geor
 getown University Law Center. She lives in Washington\, DC.</p>\n<h4>About
  Moonrise Over New Jessup</h4>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/fr
 ontend-images/editor/dclibrary/image__2_.png" alt="Moonrise Over New Jessu
 p" width="125" height="189" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px
 \;" />It&rsquo\;s 1957\, and after leaving the only home she has ever know
 n\, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup\, 
 Alabama\, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means f
 or Black social advancement. Instead\, they seek to maintain\, and fortify
 \, the community they cherish on their &ldquo\;side of the woods.&rdquo\; 
 In this place\, Alice falls in love with Raymond Campbell\, whose clandest
 ine organizing activities challenge New Jessup&rsquo\;s longstanding statu
 s quo and could lead to the young couple&rsquo\;s expulsion&mdash\;or wors
 e&mdash\;from the home they both hold dear. But as Raymond continues to pu
 sh alternatives for enhancing New Jessup&rsquo\;s political power\, Alice 
 must find a way to balance her undying support for his underground work wi
 th her desire to protect New Jessup from the rising pressure of upheaval f
 rom inside\, and outside\, their side of town.</p>\n<hr />\n<p><img src="h
 ttps://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/DCPLF_Logo_RGB_
 _Full_Color.png" alt="DCPL Foundation" width="100" height="100" style="flo
 at: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /><em>Well-Read Black Girl is gene
 rously supported by the DC Public Library Foundation.</em></p>\nhttps://dc
 library.libnet.info/event/8651882
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