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Here’s a powerful story from Rilla Askew, author of Fire in Beulah, about race and growing up in Oklahoma. Askew spoke during our night of storytelling with This Land Press in New York City. The full talk is below, and you can see all our storytellers at our YouTube page:

“I want to tell you something: it is nearly impossible for a young black man to stay out of trouble in a country where skin color is the marker for suspicion and violence and grief.”

Longreads & WordPress.com present
A special night of storytelling with
This Land

Featuring:

Mark Singer (The New Yorker)

Rilla Askew (Author, “Fire in Beulah”)

Ginger Strand (Author, “Inventing Niagara”)

Kiera Feldman (Writer, “Grace in Broken Arrow,” “This Is My Beloved Son”)

Marcos Barbery (Journalist and Documentarian, Writer, “From One Fire”)

Wednesday, Oct. 29th, 7:00 p.m.
Free Admission

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby Street
New York, NY 10012