WATCH: Jericho Brown and Nikky Finney on Black Lives Matter and Bearing Witness
Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND Presents a Conversation Moderated by Ismail Muhammad
Renowned poets Jericho Brown (2020 Pulitzer Prize winner) and Nikky Finney (2011 National Book Award winner), formerly student and teacher, reunite to address the current moment of uprising and solidarity in the face of anti-Black violence, in a visceral conversation about art, identity, and witness.
“One of the ways we know we’re magical people is by how much we manage to do with broken hearts.”
–Jericho Brown
The Bay Area Book Festival is a world-class annual literary celebration in Downtown Berkeley, attracting 25,000 attendees and featuring 250 authors in 130 programs. #UNBOUND, the year-round virtual branch of the Festival’s celebrated programming, amplifies bestselling and emerging voices across all genres, with a focus on social justice and diversity. We believe that books, and smart conversations about them, build bridges.
Jericho Brown, The Tradition · Nikky Finney, Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry · Ismail Muhammad, Reviews Editor for The Believer
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The Virtual Book Channel
Launched during the coronavirus pandemic as virtual literary communities began emerging in vital and unexpected ways, The Virtual Book Channel seeks to provide the best possible platforms for writers to reach their readers. The VBC (aka “The Veeb”) is a curated channel that archives live-streamed programming through partnerships with independent bookstores, literary festivals, authors' WFH spaces, and more.
