Studio Salon | Sparkle Nation Book Club
Oct 24, 2019
7:00pm
—9:00pm
Studio Museum 127, 429 W. 127th St.
Celebrate the closing of Radical Reading Room with an evening curated by Sparkle Nation Book Club, a literary-focused collective founded by artists and writers Precious Okoyomon, Gabrielle Rucker, and Diamond Stingily. Through intentional readings, workshops, and discussions, Sparkle Nation’s purpose is to directly challenge traditional academic notions of how to properly obtain, share, and utilize knowledge by promoting self-discipline and community-based autodidacticism. Participants are encouraged to read this selection of texts prior to the program.
The program will begin with readings by artist and writer S*an D. Henry-Smith on the occasion of their newly released chapbook Flotsam Suite: (2019), artist and writer Justin Chance, and poet Jasmine Gibson. Afterwards, Sparkle Nation Book Club will facilitate a discussion on the themes of poetic survival.
inHarlem is made possible thanks to Citi; William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; and The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. Additional support is generously provided by The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Council.
