Colson Whitehead in the Garden

This September, One Book One Bronx partners with two community gardens to host conversations on Colson Whitehead’s book The Nickel Boys. You can join in on the fun at any location.

LOCATIONS
Saturdays, 12-1:30p, September 16, 23, 30, October 7, & 14
Bronx River Community Garden, 1086 E. 180 St (at Devoe Ave)*
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Saturdays, 12-1:30p, September 16, 23, 30, October 7, & 14
James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center, Sedgwick Ave & Mosholu Parkway*
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Tuesdays, 7-8:30p, September 19, 26, October 3, & 10
on Zoom
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Free and open to the public
*Free books available

When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow “delinquent” Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades.