Narrative Nonfiction Book Club

August’s Book Selection: “Chasing Me to My Grave : An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South” by Winfred Rembert

Synopsis: "Chasing Me to My Grave presents the late artist Winfred Rembert’s breathtaking body of work alongside his story, as told to Tufts Philosopher Erin I. Kelly. Rembert grew up in a family of Georgia field laborers, joined the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager, survived a near-lynching at the hands of law enforcement, and spent seven years on chain gangs. There he learned the leather tooling skills that became the bedrock of his autobiographical paintings. Years later, encouraged by his wife, Patsy, Rembert brought his past to vibrant life in scenes of joy and terror, from the promise of southern Black commerce to the brutality of chain gang labor. Vivid, confrontational, revelatory, and complex, Chasing Me to My Grave is a searing memoir in prose and painted leather that celebrates Black life and summons readers to confront painful and urgent realities at the heart of American society."

Books are available at the Circulation Desk for this independent book club.

You may also like the following events from Terryville Public Library:

• Next Thursday, 14th August, 05:15 pm, Suspense/Thriller Book Club: "The Drowning Woman" by Robyn Harding in Terryville
• This month, 25th August, 10:30 am, Daytime Discussion: "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult in Terryville
• This month, 28th August, 06:00 pm, Coffee Bean Magnet in Terryville

Also check out other Arts events in Terryville, Fine Arts events in Terryville.