Community Book Read Event - Octavia E. Butler's "DAWN" (a Black to the Future 2024 Project)
Our Lodge Foundation's "Black to the Future" project is introducing our Saratoga Springs’ community to the thriving literary field of richly diverse worlds and alternate realities penned by Black science fiction and fantasy writers. Just about everyone knows the writers Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison. But few people know that there is a large body of science fiction and fantasy work by Black writers, examining the western construct of what it means to be human, who gets to define “human” … and how does it manifest itself in the larger culture?
Our first “Community Read” discussion, facilitated by regional writer/illustrator Marcus Kwame Anderson, will be about Octavia Butler’s “DAWN,” the first book in her Xenogenesis Trilogy, “Lilith’s Brood."
SYNOPSIS: One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this post-apocalyptic narrative, deftly exploring gender and race through the eyes of characters struggling to adapt during a pivotal time of crisis and change.
Light refreshments provided.
Attendance is free.
Please register with your name + contact info: [email protected]
Participants are responsible for obtaining a copy of the book.
Saratoga Springs Public Library and Northshire Bookstore will carry stock.
NEXT COMMUNITY BOOK READ: Ralph Ellison’s “ Invisible Man,” February 09, 2025
*Saratoga Arts made this project possible through the Community Regrant Program, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Event Links
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2709731-0
