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Celebrate Black History Month with a multi-library discussion of Octavia Butler's Kindred.
The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity.
Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she’s been given.
This discussion is a collaboration among the Valley Cottage, Nyack, Mamaroneck and Ossining Libraries.
This is a virtual event. Registration is required to receive a Zoom link.