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SUMMARY:Book Talk: There's Only One Sin in Hollywood w/ Rasheed Newson
DESCRIPTION:Book Talk: There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood w/ Rasheed Newson \nJoin us as we welcome TV writer\, producer\, and novelist Rasheed Newson in celebration of his newest novel\, There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood! \n\n\n\n\nOn Thursday\, June 11\, we’ll be welcoming Rasheed Newson for a discussion of his newest novel\, There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood\, a sharp-witted and cinematic novel following a backlot fixer’s investigation into the suspicious death of a closeted Black actor\, set against the backdrop of glamorous Hollywood. Rasheed will be joined in conversation with Michael LaBorn\, founder of Left Unread Books. Q&A and book signing will follow discussion. \nAbout the Book \n“Deliciously witty… There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood is a quintessential Hollywood novel and an LA classic for our times.” —Laura Warrell\, author of Sweet\, Soft\, Plenty\, Rhythm \nXavier C. Barlow\, one of Hollywood’s young Black stars taking the industry by storm in the late 1950s\, is Skyline Studios’s ambitious attempt to rival Sidney Poitier. His arrival into the industry is calculated\, his charm is magnetic\, and his seductive screen presence appeals to both audiences and celebrities across generations. \nBut years later\, after Xavier dies at the height of his fame\, Aaron Touissant—Skyline’s designated backlot fixer who helps the studio’s stars stay as deep in the closet as humanly possible—is finally ready to expose the powerful culprits responsible for his untimely death. \nWritten from Aaron’s panoramic lens\, There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood is a searing portrait of the movie industry as a manicured minefield and a compelling journey into the queer history of Los Angeles. \nRasheed Newson is the author of the national bestseller My Government Means to Kill Me\, which was selected as a Lambda Literary finalist for Gay Fiction and was named one of the “100 Notable Books of 2022” by The New York Times. He is also a television drama writer\, producer\, and showrunner. He codeveloped Bel-Air and worked on The Chi\, Animal Kingdom\, and Narcos\, among other drama series. Newson is a 2025–26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow. He currently lives with his husband and their two children in Pasadena. \nMichael LaBorn is the founder of Left Unread Books\, an imprint under Bindery Books\, where he advocates to disrupt the publishing industry on behalf of authors of color in search of somewhere for their voices to be heard. Additionally\, he is a bookish influencer who uses his platform to advocate for authors in the margins and to challenge systemic barriers in the industry.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/book-talk-theres-only-one-sin-in-hollywood-w-rasheed-newson/
LOCATION:Call and Response Books\, 1390 E Hyde Park Blvd.\, Chicago\, 60615
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Black. Single. Mother. with Jamilah Lemieux
DESCRIPTION:Book Talk: Black. Single. Mother. with Jamilah Lemieux \nColumnist and culture critic Jamilah Lemieux will be discussing her book Black. Single. Mother: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging! \n\n\n\n\nJoin us on Wednesday\, July 22 as we welcome writer\, editor\, and cultural critic Jamilah Lemieux in celebration of her new book Black. Single. Mother: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging! (This event was previously scheduled for Wednesday\, April 29). \nQ&A and signing to follow! \nA personal meditation on\, examination of\, and tribute to Black single motherhood\, unapologetically told through poignant essays and candid interviews by a celebrated cultural critic \n“Jamilah Lemieux is one of the most important feminist writers of the twenty-first century.”—Brittney Cooper \nWith her signature candid\, humorous\, and sometimes biting takes\, Jamilah Lemieux suffers no fools while also courageously revealing the scars of her own parenting journey and search for self-acceptance in a world that hates “baby mamas.” With a particular verve and relatability—honed in her many years among Black Twitter’s most prominent voices—Lemieux centers the complex reality of Black single motherhood: uncertainty and fierceness alike. \nBlack. Single. Mother. combines riveting personal essays\, infused with whip-smart cultural and historical analysis\, with twenty-one intimate first-person testimonies from a spectrum of Black single mothers. A long-overdue offering in celebration of the American matriarch most often maligned\, Black. Single. Mother. sets out to inspire a new cultural and community dialogue about this powerful figure as one profoundly deserving of love\, support\, and respect. \nJamilah Lemieux is a cultural critic and writer with a focus on issues of race\, gender\, and sexuality. A leading feminist thinker\, social influencer\, and millennial media darling\, Lemieux has written for a host of platforms\, including the Los Angeles Times\, The Nation\, Essence\, Playboy\, The Cut\, The Guardian\, Colorlines\, The Washington Post\, Wired\, Self\, Refinery29\, and Vanity Fair. She was prominently featured in Lifetime’s docuseries Surviving R. Kelly and Surviving R. Kelly 2: The Reckoning. She also appeared in A&E’s Secrets of Playboy. Lemieux penned the foreword for the anniversary editions of Michele Wallace’s Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman and Ann Petry’s Miss Muriel and Other Stories. Currently\, she writes a weekly advice column for Slate‘s “Care and Feeding” parenting section. She resides in Los Angeles with her daughter Naima.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/book-talk-black-single-mother-with-jamilah-lemieux/
LOCATION:Call and Response Books\, 1390 E Hyde Park Blvd.\, Chicago\, 60615
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