About this Event

#TheBronxisReading Book Club Pick for February is: Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi

Join us for our February #TBIR Book Club meeting at the Andrew Freedman Home Library on Saturday, February 29, 2020. This is a ticketed event, you must purchase a ticket to attend. The author will join us in person for an engaging discussion. The ticket includes a copy of Black Enough, food, and beverage, plus honorarium for the author. Books are available for pick-up during TBIR Pop-up Hours at the Andrew Freedman Home (1125 Grand Concourse) Saturdays from 10AM-2PM.

About the Book

A bestselling, and emerging African American YA authors on what it’s like to be a Black teen in America.

A tour-de-force collection of stories about the Black experience, by award-winning, bestselling, and emerging African American YA authors.

Black is... two sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon as written by Renée Watson.

Black is… Jason Reynolds writing about three guys walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything.

Black is… Nic Stone’s bougie debutante dating a boy her momma would never approve of.

Black is …two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland.

Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—because there are countless ways to be Black enough.

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, this is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America.

Contributors:

Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Rita Williams-Garcia, Dhonielle Clayton, Kekla Magoon, Leah Henderson, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Watson, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Ibi Zoboi, Lamar Giles

About the Author

Ibi Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her writing has been published in the New York Times Book Review, the Horn Book magazine, and the Rumpus, among others. Her debut novel, American Street, was a National Book Award finalist, received five starred reviews, and was a New York Times Notable Book. She is also the author of Pride and My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich. She now lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three children. You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.