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SUMMARY:Well-Read Black Girl Book Club Kickback
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:An afternoon of conversation and book swapping with Well-Read 
 Black Girl..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/9387468
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for a the Book Club Kickback with 
 Glory Edim and Well-Read Black Girl. Starting with a book swap at noon\, w
 e'll move into an afternoon of conversation with Glory\, Alexa Patrick\, Y
 asmine Cheyenne\, and you!</p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://static.libnet
 .info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/Morgan_Prettylittlebookshelf_headsh
 ot.jpeg" width="129" height="172" alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 
 20px 20px 0px\;" />Black Book Swap with <a href="https://www.instagram.com
 /prettylittlebookshelf/">Pretty Little Bookshelf</a></strong> - 12pm - 1pm
  EST</p>\n<p>Looking for a new read? Find new-to-you books and donate your
  old ones at our Black Book Swap! Discover new books by Black authors and 
 meet some new friends at the library. Please ensure books are in good cond
 ition\, clean\, and of appropriate content. All genres and age ranges acce
 pted.&nbsp\;Take a book. Give a book. Share a book.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\
 n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n
 <p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;<br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"
 >Author Conversations</span></strong></p>\n<p><strong><br /></strong><stro
 ng>Chapter 1: What makes a poet? - 1 pm - 1:45 pm EST</strong></p>\n<p><st
 rong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary
 /Alexa_Patrick_.jpeg" alt="Alexa Patrick" title="Alexa Patrick" width="129
 " height="194" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /></stron
 g></p>\n<p>Alexa Patrick\, author of&nbsp\;Remedies for Disappearing. Alex
 a Patrick (she/her) is a vocalist and poet from Connecticut. She is the au
 thor of <em>Remedies for Disappearing</em>&nbsp\;and holds fellowships fro
 m Cave Canem\, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities\, and more. In
  spring 2023\, Alexa made her stage production debut as Un/Sung in the ope
 ra We Shall Not Be Moved\, (dire. Bill T. Jones). You may find her work in
  publications including Adroit\, CRWN Magazine\, and The BreakBeat Poets V
 ol. 2: Black Girl Magic. Visit alexapatrick.com for more.</p>\n<p><strong>
 </strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><str
 ong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</s
 trong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\; &n
 bsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Chapter 2</strong>: What is self-healing? 2
  pm - 2:45 pm EST</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-im
 ages/editor/dclibrary/Yasmine_C__-_Headshot_.jpeg" alt="Yasmine Cheyenne" 
 title="Yasmine Cheyenne" width="129" height="194" style="float: left\; mar
 gin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /></p>\n<p>Yasmine Cheyenne\, author of&nbsp\;<a
  href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/detailnonmod
 al/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1215529/one?qu=yasmine+cheyenne" 
 title="Yasmine Cheyenne"><em>The Sugar Jar</em></a>. Yasmine Cheyenne (she
 /her) is a self-healing educator\, author\, speaker\, and mental wellness 
 advocate who helps people learn how to cultivate daily practices to build 
 healthy\, joyful lives. Yasmine believes in &ldquo\;Self-healing For Every
 one&trade\;&rdquo\; and on 2/22/22\, launched The Sugar Jar Community&trad
 e\; app\, a safe space with resources to support mental health. She has be
 en featured on the Today show and in InStyle\, Forbes\, Refinery 29\, The 
 Every Girl\, Poosh\, and more. She lives in Washington\, DC. &nbsp\;</p>\n
 <p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></
 p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;
  &nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong
 >&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Chapter 3</strong>:&nbsp\;What D
 oes It Mean to be Well-Read?&nbsp\;3pm - 3:30pm&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><img src="h
 ttps://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/Glory_Edim.png"
  width="129" height="129" alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20p
 x 0px\;" /></p>\n<p>Closing Remarks: Glory Edim\, founder of&nbsp\;Well-Re
 ad Black Girl</p>\n<p>Glory Edim is an author\, community activist\, and t
 he founder of Well-Read Black Girl\, a nationwide book club turned literar
 y arts non-profit that celebrates the life-changing power of literature.&n
 bsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/9387468
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