Online Book Talk: Deesha Philyaw “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies”

Join us for the first Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival event for 2021 – a talk by Deesha Philyaw about her debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Her book was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for fiction and for the Story Prize. It focuses on Black women, sex, and the Black church and features four generations of …

Online Book Talk: Race/History – America’s Journey

America's Journey

Welcome to Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival 2020! Our second FREE online event is a Race/History discussion about America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation. Register here. An exploration of the legacy of slavery in our country and its impact on racial segregation, African-American culture, and the preservation of African traditions and identity, with Steve Luxenberg, author of Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and …