Reflections on Memoir and Kin
Thulani Davis is a writer who has been changed by history. This year, she has published, to much acclaim, My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Confronts Her Roots.
The absorbing and rich memoir project that Davis inherited from her grandmother confirms the still-unplumbed depths of American and African American histories. Davis, a career journalist and former senior editor at the Village Voice, is a writer, performing artist, Buddhist priest, and playwright whose impressive works in multiple genres confirms her gifts as a writer and public intellectual.
Book-signing to follow lecture.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, May 6
Time: 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Speaker: Thulani Davis
Place: Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
Admission: Free and open to the public.
