P&P Live!: Calvin Baker – A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and the Future of America – In Conversation with Damon Young

This event will be streamed online as part of our P&P Live! Series.

Calvin Baker is the author of four novels, including Grace and Dominion which was a finalist for the Hurston-Wright Award. He teaches in Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts, and has also taught in the English Department at Yale University, the University of Leipzig, where he held the Picador Chair in American Studies, Long Island University, Graduate Department of English where he was a Distinguished Visiting Professor, Bard College, and Middlebury College. His nonfiction work has appeared in Harper’s and the New York Times Magazine. Baker will be joined in conversation with Damon Young, the cofounder and editor in chief of VerySmartBrothas and author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker.


Instead of a set ticket price, we ask that you contribute what you can to support Politics and Prose Bookstore and our virtual event series. We know that everyone has been affected in these trying times, and we will continue to make our programming accessible to all. That said, a suggested contribution of $5, $10, whatever you can afford, will go a long way to keep our programming—and our bookstore—afloat as we are forced to adapt to new ways of business. 

The other way you can support us is always by purchasing a copy of the book from our website. 

We are so grateful to be surrounded by such a loyal and engaged community and we thank you for your support, now and always.











When: Wed., Jul. 8, 2020 at 8:00 pm

This event will be streamed online as part of our P&P Live! Series.

Calvin Baker is the author of four novels, including Grace and Dominion which was a finalist for the Hurston-Wright Award. He teaches in Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts, and has also taught in the English Department at Yale University, the University of Leipzig, where he held the Picador Chair in American Studies, Long Island University, Graduate Department of English where he was a Distinguished Visiting Professor, Bard College, and Middlebury College. His nonfiction work has appeared in Harper’s and the New York Times Magazine. Baker will be joined in conversation with Damon Young, the cofounder and editor in chief of VerySmartBrothas and author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker.


Instead of a set ticket price, we ask that you contribute what you can to support Politics and Prose Bookstore and our virtual event series. We know that everyone has been affected in these trying times, and we will continue to make our programming accessible to all. That said, a suggested contribution of $5, $10, whatever you can afford, will go a long way to keep our programming—and our bookstore—afloat as we are forced to adapt to new ways of business. 

The other way you can support us is always by purchasing a copy of the book from our website. 

We are so grateful to be surrounded by such a loyal and engaged community and we thank you for your support, now and always.

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