One Book One Bronx - Up Next: Training School for Negro Girls

One Book One Bronx returns on Tuesday, March 19, 6:30pm. We'll discuss pages 61-120 (Chapters 6-10) of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi. We hope to see everyone back at BronxArtSpace, 305 E. 140th St. at 6:30pm

The dates and locations are set for One Book One Bronx's next two books before our summer hiatus. RSVP and join us.

Tuesdays, 6:30pm to 8:00 pm 

April 16, 23, 30, May 7, & 14, 2019 

Training School for Negro Girls by Camille Acker 

Location: BronxArtSpace, 305 East 140th St. Bronx 

In her debut short story collection, Camille Acker unleashes the irony and tragic comedy of respectability onto a wide-ranging cast of characters, all of whom call Washington, DC, home. A “woke” millennial tries to fight gentrification, only to learn she’s part of the problem; a grade school teacher dreams of a better DC, only to take out her frustrations on her students; and a young piano player wins a competition, only to learn the prize is worthless. 232 pages >> Click here to RSVP

Tuesdays, 6:30pm to 8:00 pm 

May 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2019 

The Crazy Bunch by Willie Perdomo 

Location: BronxArtSpace, 305 East 140th St. Bronx 

In his fourth collection, The Crazy Bunch, Perdomo returns to his beloved neighborhood to create a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a “crew” coming of age in East Harlem at the beginning of the 1990s. In poems written in couplets, vignettes, sketches, riffs, and dialogue, Perdomo recreates a weekend where surviving members of the crew recall a series of tragic events: “That was the summer we all tried to fly. All but one of us succeeded.” 128 pages >> Click here to RSVP

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, June 22, 6pm. Join One Book One Bronx and BX Writers for the Bronx launch of Willie Perdomo’s new book, The Crazy Bunch at The Lit.Bar, 131 Alexander Ave, Bronx

Literary Freedom Project is a Bronx-based 501c3 tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization that seeks to restore the importance of social and cultural identity through reading. Towards this goal, LFP publishes Mosaic Literary Magazine; develops literature-based lesson plans and workshops; and presents One Book One Bronx and Mosaic Literary Conference.

LFP is a member of the Urban Arts Cooperative.