EVENT, NYC: Black Women's Writing at McNally Robinson

At McNally Robinson (mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com)

Tuesday - December 5 - 7pm

In the Black Female Literary Tradition: Three Contemporary Authors on Black Women's Books
With Bridgett Davis, Martha Southgate and Eisa Nefertari Ulen

Bridgett Davis, Martha Southgate, and Eisa Nefertari Ulen each write within a powerful tradition of black women in literature. Martha Southgate is the author of Third Girl from the Left, about a daughter coming to terms with her mother's work in 1970s Blaxploitation films. Eisa Nefertari Ulen has written Crystelle Mourning, telling the story of a woman returning from her successful life in New York to her childhood home in West Philadelphia . Independent filmmaker Bridgett Davis' most recent book is Shifting Through Neutral, a novel of fathers and daughters, mothers and lovers, Stevie Wonder and General Motors. Join us as these three authors meet in a panel discussion to talk about their history and heritage, the women writers who have influenced them, and the traditional themes in their own work.