Black Experience Book Club: Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
Lively group discussion of Saidiya Hartman’s “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments,” exploring the many facets of the Black experience through narrative history and archival storytelling. Book lovers gather at a downtown cultural center for conversation and community connection.
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