In their respective books The Waterbearers and Stand in My Window, memoirist Sasha Bonét and multimedia storyteller LaTonya Yvette tenderly excavate their personal lives to explore the poignant complexities of being Black women in America. From the self to the home, readers of Sasha and LaTonya are exposed to deeply meditative and evocative stories of family, community care, matrilineality, and Black American history.
Please join these brilliant authors on November 6 th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM for an incisive and timely author conversation and workshop that is all about the storytelling practices and rituals that keep us steady in times of political and social turmoil. After a live conversation between Sasha and LaTonya on their biographical works, the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions and participate in a no-pressure workshop to use provided writing materials and images from magazines to place their own personal stories on the page. Both authors will be available to sign books after the event.
Books will be available to purchase at the event, or you can purchase The Waterbearers and Stand in My Window ahead of time.
SASHA BONÉT is a writer and cultural critic based in New York City. Her criticism and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Aperture, New York Magazine, Vogue, and BOMB, among other publications. Bonét is a professor of creative writing for Columbia University and Barnard College.
LATONYA YVETTE is a multimedia storyteller who writes the newsletter "With Love, L." Yvette's first book, Woman of Color, was included in an installation of Jay-Z's personal bookshelf for Brooklyn Public Library's Book of HOV exhibit. She also co-authored the illustrated children's book The Hair Book with Amanda Jane Jones. Yvette is the owner and steward of The Mae House, an upstate New York rental property and the home of Rest as Residency, which offers BIPOC families a no-cost place for rest and focus.
