Word Up welcomes author Andrew Felsher for the launch of Child Boss, with a conversation moderated by labor organizer, educator, and artist Nicole Maloof. The event will begin with a … Continue reading Word Up Recirculation: Andrew Felsher’s CHILD BOSS Book Launch with Nicole Maloof
Word Up da la bienvenida a la autora local Mercedes Núñez Martínez para leer y comentar su primera novela ABRE Y SI NO TE GUSTA, CIERRA, una historia de terror sobrenatural que explora secretos familiares, ambición, traición y posesión demoníaca. SOBRE EL LIBRO ¿Y si el libro que tienes en tus manos pudiera abrir una puerta que nunca te atreviste a tocar?
Bloom Readings, Washington Heights long-time presenter of literary readings, is pleased to present Constantine Contogenis and Tracy Jones. These two friends, from various traditions, promise an invigorating evening.
Word Up welcomes journalist and author Amaris Castillo for the NYC celebration of her new novel, Bodega Stories, a window into a Dominican family's bodega and the community at its heart. In conversation with Castillo will be photojournalist Erika Morillo, author of Mother Archive: A Dominican Family Memoir. Bodega Stories gives voice to the working-class immigrants from the Caribbean who often play such important roles in community building, those who create safe spaces for gathering like bodegas, barbershops, salones de belleza, and mom-and-pop restaurants.
Word Up welcomes Publisher's Weekly Director of Publishing Joshua Jelly-Schapiro to discuss his new book Daylight Come: Harry Belafonte and the World He Made (Significations), a vibrant, revealing portrait of the "King of Calypso," whose extraordinary performing career and activism helped remake America through the civil rights era and beyond. In this sparkling new biography, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro brings Belafonte’s personality and music vibrantly to life, following him from rags to riches and from Harlem to Jamaica to the March on Washington.
Hispanic Society: Feria de Libros with Word Up Community Bookshop. Feria de Libros with Word Up Community Bookshop. Find your next Spanish-language read at the Hispanic Society! Whether you’re looking for children’s books, YA literature, poetry, or non-fiction, Word Up has it all. Note: This book fair will take place indoors in our Sorolla Gallery.
