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THE PROPHETS PAPERBACK TOUR: New York Public Library

New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

NBC book critic Bill Goldstein and a multi-generational panel of writers reflect on the social and literary legacy of AIDS. Featuring: Bill Goldstein, author of The World Broke in Two Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness Robert Jones Jr., author of The Prophets Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby Pamela Sneed, author of Funeral Diva America’s oldest AIDS organization, Gay Men’s...

THE PROPHETS PAPERBACK TOUR: The August Wilson African-American Cultural Center

The August Wilson African-American Cultural Center 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

The August Wilson African-American Cultural Center is honored to have Robert Jones, Jr. of Son of Baldwin as a part of our TRUTHSayers Series! This evening will have a 45-minute discussion followed by a 15-minute moderated Q&A. Wednesday, June 29, 2022 7 p.m. EDT The August Wilson African-American Cultural Center 980 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA...

$30

THE PROPHETS PAPERBACK TOUR: Writer’s Digest Annual Conference 2022

The New York Hilton Midtown 1335 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave), New York, United States

Debut Author Panel with Melissa Croce and Robert Jones, Jr. Details TK. https://writersdigestconference.com/speaker/robert-jones-jr-1/ Saturday, July 30, 2022 3 p.m. The New York Hilton Midtown 1335 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave) New York, New York 10019

Afropunk Music Festival

Commodore Barry Park Brooklyn, NY, United States

Robert Jones, Jr. will be signing free copies of his debut novel, The Prophets, in the Penguin Random House booth at the 2022 Afropunk Music Festival. The festival itself, a celebration of Black art, boasts such musical acts as The Roots, Burna Boy, Isaiah Rashad, Lucky Daye, Freddie Gibbs, Earl Sweatshirt, Tierra Whack, Adekunle Gold,...

Read Banned Books: Toni Morrison’s Beloved

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY, United States

Few books have inspired, moved, and changed readers more than Toni Morrison’s Beloved. Few books have also been more challenged by those who would seek to censor and ban works of art. To honor its creator—a Library Lion and Lifetime Trustee—an all-star lineup of writers, actors, and thinkers will return to Morrison’s indelible work with readings,...

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: Seen, Sound, Scribe

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, United States

Brooklyn’s own Mahogany L. Browne, a prolific writer and avid advocate for public art, is Lincoln Center’s inaugural poet-in-residence. Browne has written works of fiction, stage plays and critical essays, edited six anthologies, and authored another half-dozen poetry collections. For her Seen, Sound, Scribe series, Browne curates thought-provoking and often politically driven evenings of spoken word,...

Read 718 Reads! with Robert Jones, Jr.

Reads 718 Brooklyn, NY, United States

Please join us for our next READ 718 Reads! with New York Times bestselling author Robert Jones, Jr. to discuss his novel, The Prophets. The event will take place in Park Slope. Location details will be sent to your email upon ticket purchase. All guests must be vaccinated against Covid-19. We encourage you to test on the day of the...

NAIBA Fall Gathering 2022

Beekman Arms 6387 Mill Street, Rhinebeck, NY, United States

The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) will applaud the tremendous body of work from 2022 NAIBA Legacy Award recipient, Lesa Cline-Ransome. Robert Jones, Jr., will receive the Book of the Year-Fiction award for his debut novel, The Prophets. The day will begin with two different events for our booksellers. Owners will have a private...

P&T Knitwear Books and Podcasts: Debuts and Redos

P&T Knitwear Books and Podcasts 180 Orchard Street, New York, NY, United States

Back and better than ever! Debuts and Redos (D&R) is coming to P&T Knitwear Books and Podcasts, featuring Vanessa A. Bee, Robert Jones Jr., and Rachel Mannheimer! Hosted by the incomparable Evie Atkinson, D&R will showcase new debut authors and re-debuting (is that a word?) writers who published their first book during 2020. Books will...

Black Readers Conference 2022

Black Readers Conference New York, NY, United States

The Black Readers Conference exists to empower and convene a community of Black Readers (book clubs, bloggers, podcasters, BookTubers, and Bookstagrammers, etc.) through various avenues of literature, social events and community service. This year's day 1 keynote speaker is Robert Jones, Jr., author of The New York Times Bestselling novel, The Prophets. He will be...

Miami Book Fair 2022

Robert Jones Jr. on The Prophets: A Novel: Fiction Robert Jones Jr.’s The Prophets – his debut novel – tells the story of Samuel and Isaiah, slaves whose love creates a refuge in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man, a fellow slave, seeks to gain favor by preaching the master’s...

Colorlines: Facing Race: A National Conference

Between Starshine and Clay: Narratives of Black Bodily Autonomy    One can describe the novels of Robert Jones, Jr. and Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa as historical fiction, set in 19th-century plantations in Mississippi and Puerto Rico respectively. Jones Jr.’s 2021 award winning novel, The Prophets, centers on two male lovers, Isaiah and Samuel, carving out space for their own...