Author Meet and Greet with Kim McLarin

To culminate Wistariahurt's Book Discussion Group, a Meet and greet with the Author, sponsored by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, is being held May 20th.

Award-winning author Kim McLarin’s book Everyday Something Has Tried to K*ll Me and Has Failed addresses the joys and hardships of being an older Black woman in contemporary, "periracial" America. McLarin utilizes deeply personal experiences to illuminate the pain and power of aging, Blackness, and feminism, in the process capturing the endless cycle of progress and backlash that has long shaped race and gender.

McLarin is the author of three critically-acclaimed novels, several essay collections, and the bibilomemoir James Baldwin's Another Country: Bookmarked. Her work has appeared in the New England Review, the Sewanee Review, The Sun Magazine, The Root, Slate, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and many others. She is a former staff writer for The Associated Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The New York Times.

Week #1: Tuesday, March 4 having read pages 13 - 71

Week #2: Tuesday, March 18 having read pages 72 - 115

Week #3: Tuesday, April 1 having read pages 116 - 158

Week #4: Tuesday, April 15 having read pages 159 - end

Week #5: Saturday, May 20 at 6:00 Culminating Event with Guest Speaker Kim McLarin, author

Para culminar el Grupo de Debate de Libros de Wistariahurt, el 20 de mayo se celebrará un encuentro con la autora, patrocinado por el Centro del Libro de Massachusetts.

El libro de la galardonada autora Kim McLarin Everyday Something Has Tried to K*ll Me and Has Failed (Todos los días algo ha intentado matarme y no lo ha conseguido) aborda las alegrías y dificultades de ser una mujer mayor negra en la América «periracial» contemporánea. McLarin utiliza experiencias muy personales para iluminar el dolor y el poder del envejecimiento, la negritud y el feminismo, capturando en el proceso el interminable ciclo de progreso y retroceso que durante tanto tiempo ha dado forma a la raza y el género.

McLarin es autora de tres novelas aclamadas por la crítica, varias colecciones de ensayos y el bibilomemoir James Baldwin's Another Country: Bookmarked. Su obra ha aparecido en New England Review, Sewanee Review, The Sun Magazine, The Root, Slate, The Washington Post, The New York Times y muchos otros. Ha sido redactora de The Associated Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer y The New York Times.

Semana nº 1: Martes, 4 de marzo Haber leído las páginas 13 - 71

Semana nº 2: martes 18 de marzo, habiendo leído las páginas 72 - 115

Semana nº 3: martes 1 de abril, habiendo leído las páginas 116 - 158

Semana nº 4: martes 15 de abril, habiendo leído las páginas 159 - final

Semana #5: Sábado, 20 de mayo a las 6:00 Evento Culminante con la Oradora Invitada Kim McLarin, autora

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