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As a girl in Jacksonville, Florida, Deesha Philyaw imagined the sex lives of the grown Black women around her. The churches Philyaw grew up attending—African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Pentecostal, Church of God in Christ—all forbid sex before marriage. But what did the unmarried church ladies do? Did they masturbate? If they had secret sex, would they go to hell? And the married women: Did they enjoy sex? Were they as dull as they seemed, or did they live double lives? These questions, ...

Sarah Cantin at St. Martin’s Press took North American rights from Alexandra Machinist at ICM Partners. The publisher said the book “explores witchcraft and female intuitive powers, told over five centuries through the lens of three connected women,” and was “pitched for readers of Sarah Perry, Jessie Burton, and Kate Morton.” Hart, who grew up in Australia and lives in London, trained as a lawyer. The second book is an untitled novel. Foreign rights for Weyward have sold to houses ...

Share this article Share this article CARLISLE, Pa., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Forum on Education Abroad is hosting its annual conference next week, March 1-5, 2021, during which professionals will gather virtually to consider the most important issues impacting international education. This five-day conference is designed to maximize opportunities for learning, reflecting, and networking to help prepare attendees to navigate a new era of education abroad. The Forums 17th Annual Confe...

UCA hosts virtual reading from writer Kiese Laymon UCA hosts virtual reading from writer Kiese Laymon Kiese Laymon courtesy of UCA Writer Kiese Laymon (“Heavy: An American Memoir,” “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America,” “Long Division”) will give a public reading via Zoom as an artist-in-residence at the University of Central Arkansas Feb. 23-24. Laymon is currently the Hubert H. McAlexander chair of English at the ...

Jerald Walker is a Writing, Literature and Publishing professor at Emerson College. He is also the author of a new collection of personal essays called “How To Make A Slave And Other Essays,” which is a finalist for a National Book Award. The collection explores what it means to grow, parent, write and exist as a Black man in America. Discussion Points: On the historical context of the title of the collection, “How To Make A Slave.” “There’s one scene in his autobiography wher...

Bay Area political events: How to Make a Slave, documentary on Angela Davis Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: THURSDAY ‘How to Make a Slave’ : Jerald Walker on his new book about being a Black man in America, “How to Make a Slave and Other Essays.” Hosted by KPFA-FM. 7 p.m. More information is here. FRIDAY Rep. Jared Huffman: North Bay Democrat hosts town hall meeting on COVID-19 vaccin...

Bay Area political events: Insurrection analyses, inauguration watch party Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: TUESDAY Insurrection: Former Barack Obama communications director Dan Pfeifer on the pro-Trump insurrection and how it’s changed the country. Hosted by Manny’s. Noon. More information is here. Climate change: The future of climate change action and politics under the Joe Biden admini...

Bay Area political events: History education, QAnon Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: WEDNESDAY History education: The future of American history education and how the Trump presidency will affect it. Panelists include Harvard University history Professors Jane Kamensky and Jonathan Trumbull; American Enterprise Institute fellow Ian Rowe; Michelle Herczog, history-social science coordinator for...

This hour on Radio Boston, we revisit some of our favorite conversations on one theme: charity. The pandemic has disrupted our economy, and left millions of Americans without work. Many are struggling to put food on the table for themselves and their families. Even in good economic times, budgets can be tight and so many of our neighbors go without. We revisit a conversation with Vicky Negus, a policy advocate with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and Shannon Yaremchak, who once relied ...