Join Robert Jones, Jr. and Kiese Laymon as they discuss Jones's debut novel, The Prophets, at a virtual event hosted by Greenlight Bookstore. 295|http://www.sonofbaldwin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/210105-OG-1200x628-1.jpg|full
Greenlight is excited to host Paul Mendez for his extraordinary debut novel, Rainbow Milk, an essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice. Nineteen-year-old Jesse is a bright and devout Jehovah’s Witness struggling under a repressive religious community to keep his queer desire a secret. As Jesse reckons with race, class, sexuality and spirituality...
Book Passage Bookstore & Cafe Presents: Ocean Vuong in conversation with Robert Jones, Jr. to discuss Vuong's brilliant novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, newly released in paperback. Thursday, June 17, 2021 5:30 p.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. EDT Tickets: $18.53 (book and ticket); $5 (ticket only) Link: https://www.bookpassage.com/oceanvuong 950|http://www.sonofbaldwin.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210617-EV-800x800-1.jpg|full
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University and author of Democracy in Black, presents the paperback edition of his prize-winning Begin Again, one of the great books on James Baldwin and a powerful reckoning with America’s ongoing failure to confront the lies it tells itself about race. In these brilliant...
NBC book critic Bill Goldstein and a multi-generational panel of writers reflect on the social and literary legacy of AIDS. Featuring: Bill Goldstein, author of The World Broke in Two Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness Robert Jones Jr., author of The Prophets Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby Pamela Sneed, author of Funeral Diva America’s oldest AIDS organization, Gay Men’s...
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 7 p.m. EST BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance 2474 Westchester Avenue Bronx, New York 10461 Tickets are free: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/courageous-conversations-john-keene-robert-jones-jr-tickets-808301309977 National Book Award-winning author John Keene (Punks: New & Selected Poems) and New York Times bestselling author Robert Jones, Jr. (The Prophets) offer empowering strategies for queer communities and our allies on how to...
