Literary Roundtable: Race and Passing in "The Vanishing Half" and "Antiracist Baby"

This month, we will have a discussion about race and passing as related to the books The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett) and Antiracist Baby (Ibram X Kendi). Join us at Hudubam Booktraders at 110 Franklin Street on Thursday, February 15 at 6:30 pm. Some copies of the books are available to borrow on the welcome table outside of the church office. 

Hosts: Joanna Grisham is an instructor in the Department of Languages & Literature at APSU. Joey holds an MFA in creative writing from Georgia College. She was named a finalist for the 2021-2022 Very Short Fiction Contest at the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival and a finalist for the 2021 Ember Chasm Review Flash Fiction Contest. Her work has appeared in Gleam, The Emerson Review, On the Run, The Write Launch, Construction Literary Magazine, and other places. Her first chapbook of poems, Phantoms, is forthcoming in 2023 from Finishing Line Press. Gregory Glover is pastor at First Presbyterian Church. Greg holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies from Princeton Theological Seminary and is an avid reader.