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3:00 pm EST
October 1, 2023

Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon St

209 Joralemon Street Brooklyn NY 11201 United States

Non-Fiction

How Art and Storytelling Shape Human Identity: A Conversation with Oliver Jeffers and Roxane Gay

Renowned and bestselling authors Oliver Jeffers (Begin Again) and Roxane Gay (Opinions) discuss the roles art and storytelling play in shaping human identities and communities, how these stories have contributed to prejudices and global conflicts throughout history and today, and where we go from here.

Participating authors

Oliver Jeffers

Oliver Jeffers

Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay

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Asian American Writers Worksop
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Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn Public Library
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College
The Center for Fiction
National Book Foundation
The New York Review Of Books
NYU
Poetry Society Of America
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
St. Francis College
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