Ibi Zoboi in Conversation

Join us on Saturday, October 4, at noon for a public conversation with Ibi Zoboi. We'll discuss her current book, "(S)KIN," and her creative process. This is the 4th book we're reading during our summer celebration Sa'k Pasé, Haiti.

Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times Bestselling author of books for children and teens, including American Street, a National Book Award Finalist, Pride, a modern remix of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and the Walter Award and LA Times Book Prize-winning Punching the Air, co-written with Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam. Ibi is a two-time Coretta Scott King Author Award honoree for The People Remember, her debut picture book, and Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler. She is the winner of the 2024 CSK Author Award for Nigeria Jones. She is the editor of the anthology Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America and has written Okoye to the People, a Black Panther novel for Marvel. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, Ibi lives in New Jersey.

Preceding Zoboi is a four-week community conversation on (S)KIN: Saturdays, 12-1:30p: 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, & 10/4. Free books available.

As the first independent Black republic, Haiti’s legacy is one of strength, creativity, and perseverance. Through free book discussions, we will honor the voices and experiences that have shaped the nation, blending contemporary narratives with personal accounts from our community.