![]() The times and locations for these events will be released closer to the event dates. Publisher’s Weekly calls Thick an “incisive, witty, and provocative” collection that “showcases Cottom’s wisdom and originality and amply fulfills her aim of telling powerful stories that become a problem for power.” Itwas named a top book of 2019 by TIME, New York Times Book Review, New York Public Library, and Chicago Tribune was a finalist for the National Book Award and was the winner of the 2019 Reading Women Award for Nonfiction.Īuthor Tressie McMillan Cottom will be in Memphis at several Memphis Reads events, including speaking engagements at Christian Brothers University on October 13, Rhodes College on October 14, and at a Shelby County School. ![]() A book is selected each year that engages Memphians in issues that directly affect their lives, and this year’s selection - Thick, and Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom - meets that criteria by exploring the Black female experience in today’s America. ![]()
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