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12:00 am EST
June 28, 2026

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Tayari Jones & Brit Bennett in Conversation

Join The Vanishing Half author Brit Bennett and An American Marriage author Tayari Jones for a conversation about their timely works of fiction, which offer nuanced insights about race, family, and love in America. Moderated by David Ulin.

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Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn Public Library
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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