One Book One Bronx is a free book club where neighbors connect through diverse books and weekly conversations, in person or on Zoom. Free books are available.
WE’RE READING
SALVATION
BLACK PEOPLE AND LOVE
by bell hooks
Thursdays, 7-8:30pm: 8/13, 8/20, 8/27, 9/3, & 9/10
Bronx River Art Center/BRAC, 1087 E Tremont Ave*
*Use the side entrance to enter the building. Ascend one flight of steps to the community room.
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Saturdays, 12-1:30pm: 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 9/5, & 9/12
James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center*
100 W Mosholu Pkwy S.
*Seating is limited. Bring a beach chair!
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Zoom
Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm: 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, & 9/8
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Acclaimed visionary and intellectual bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American culture with the bestselling All About Love: New Visions. Here she continues her love song to the nation in the groundbreaking and soul-stirring Salvation: Black People and Love.
Whether talking about the legacy of slavery, relationships and marriage in Black life, the prose and poetry of our most revered artists and leaders, the liberation movements of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, or hip-hop and gangsta rap culture, hooks lets us know what love's got to do with it.Free books available at in-person venues.
Starting in August, One Book One Bronx will draw its inspiration from Kleaver Cruz's The Black Joy Project, using the book as a starting point for conversations about joy as a powerful force in Black life. Through weekly discussions, participants will explore the books Salvation: Black People and Love by bell hooks, In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker, The Black Joy Project by Kleaver Cruz, and For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez to explore how stories of joy, resilience, creativity, and community challenge dominant narratives centered on struggle.
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker
Thursday, 7-8:30pm: 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, & 10/15
Bronx River Art Center/BRAC, 1087 E Tremont Ave*
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
9/17: Free book giveaway
9/24: pgs 1-95
10/1: pgs 96-204
10/8: pgs 205-300
10/15: pgs 301-end
*Use the side entrance to enter the building.
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Saturdays, 12-1:30pm: 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, & 10/17
James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center
100 W Mosholu Pkwy S
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
9/19: Free book giveaway
9/26: pgs 1-95
10/3: pgs 96-204
10/10: pgs 205-300
10/17: pgs 301-end
*Seating is limited. Bring a beach chair!
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Zoom
Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm: 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, & 10/13
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
9/22: pgs 1-95
9/27: pgs 96-204
10/6: pgs 205-300
10/13: pgs 301-end
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This collection of essays is a celebration of the legacy of creativity - especially the rich vein of women's stories and spirituality through the ages and how they nourish the present. Alice Walker traces the umbilical thread linking writers through history - from her discovery of Zora Neale Hurston and her collections of black folklore, to the work of Jean Toomer, Buchi Emecheta and Flannery O'Connor. She also looks back at the highs and lows of the civil rights movement, her early political development, and the place of women's traditions in art. Coining the expression 'womanist prose', these are essays that value women's culture and strength, and the handing on of the creative spark from one generation to another.
The Black Joy Project by Kleaver Cruz
Thursday, 7-8:30pm: 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, & 11/12
Venue TBD
Saturdays, 12-1:30pm: 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, & 11/14
Venue TBD
Zoom
Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm: 10/27, 11/3, & 11/10
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts (A Love Letter to Women of Color) by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Thursdays, 7-8:30pm: 11/19, 11/28*, 12/3, 12/10, & 12/17
Venue TBD
*Rescheduled due to Thanksgiving
Saturdays, 12-1:30pm: 11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, & 12/19
Venue TBD
Zoom
Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm: 11/24, 12/1, 12/8, & 12/15
One Book One Bronx is a community-based book club that meets weekly across a range of settings: libraries, schools, community centers, outdoor public spaces, and partner organizations throughout the borough.