Read on with us in the next book — The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw — and join the book discussion led by Tom Comparin on Monday, March 28, at 6:30 pm.

A book of short stories, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies has won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the $20,000 Story Prize, and the L.A. Times Award for First Fiction and was a National Book Award finalist. The collection of short stories is also the March selection for the Baltimore County Public Library’s Anti Racism Book Discussion. If you’re wondering if there is sexuality in this book you’re right!

You can find the book on audio through Hoopla and a hard copy at the Schenectady Library. If you need help finding a hard copy of the book or have a suggestion for novels, books of short stories or poetry, or memoirs by Black, Indigienous, or Authors of color, please reach out to Kat Wolfram (518) 322.6628 kmwolfram@gmail.com

BIPOC Book Discussion on Zoom, Mar 28, 2022 6:30 PM Eastern Time. Contact Kat for the link.