• Word Up Recirculation: Michael Staudenmaier’s WHITE, BLACK, BROWN with Johanna Fernandez

    Word Up Recirculation 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.), New York, NY, United States

    Word Up welcomes Michael Staudenmaier to discuss his new book White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago, a portrait of the Puerto Rican community’s experience of racialization in Chicago. Joining Staudenmaier will be Johanna Fernandez, author of The Young Lords: A Radical History.

    Free – $108
  • Word Up Community Bookshop: Leah Kim’s MOM, UNFILTERED with Frederick Joseph

    Word Up Community Bookshop 2113 Amsterdam Ave at 165th St., New York, NY, United States

    Word Up welcomes mental health advocate and storyteller Leah 수진 Kim to discuss her new book, Mom, Unfiltered: Maternal Mental Health and Finding Freedom Through Motherhood, a deeply personal examination of the dire state of our maternal and postpartum care for mothers. In conversation with Kim will be Frederick Joseph, author of This Thing of Ours and Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on Manhood.

    Free – $5