Beyond Representation: Fiction that Illuminates the Complexity of Identity, 20 September | Event in Cleveland

Beyond Representation: Fiction that Illuminates the Complexity of Identity

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

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Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 01:00 pm

0.8 hours

BOP STOP @ The Music Settlement

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Date & Location

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 01:00 pm to 01:45 pm (GMT-04:00)

BOP STOP @ The Music Settlement

2920 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, United States

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Beyond Representation: Fiction that Illuminates the Complexity of Identity
Danzy Senna, 2025 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner for fiction, will discuss her novel Colored Television.

About this Event

General admission registration opens Sept. 2.

Join us at Bop Stop, Cleveland’s beloved jazz club, for a vibrant conversation honoring Danzy Senna, winner of the 2025 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, for her sharp, genre-bending collection Colored Television.

Senna will be joined by Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies and Anisfield-Wolf juror, for a conversation that explores how fiction—especially when laced with humor and narrative drive—can move us, challenge us, and reveal deeper truths about who we are. Together, they’ll reflect on the power of storytelling and the role of art in shaping how communities see themselves and are seen by others.

This is a conversation about storytelling that resists easy categorization, pushes back against commodification, and insists on complexity, truth, and agency.

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Registration is free but required. There will be a standby line at the venue; if there is available space, people will be seated on a first come, first served basis.

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Beyond Representation: Fiction that Illuminates the Complexity of Identity, 20 September | Event in Cleveland
Beyond Representation: Fiction that Illuminates the Complexity of Identity
Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 01:00 pm
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