This event is in the past.It took place on December 2, 2022 at Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA).
Literature TalkLiterature TalkBook Launch: Blue in Green by Wesley Brown
West Village
Celebrate the launch of Wesley Brown's historical novel about Miles Davis's 1959 assault by NYC police outside Birdland. The book weaves voices of jazz legends—Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Bill Evans—into an intimate portrait of art and brutality.
Literary event
Jazz history
Historical fiction
Author reading
Tips
🎺"gorgeous jazz composition" (Margo Jefferson)
📚"a writer's writer" (Ishmael Reed)
🏛️CARA has a curated bookstore worth browsing
Book Launch: Blue in Green by Wesley Brown
West Village
Literature TalkLiterature TalkCelebrate the launch of Wesley Brown's historical novel about Miles Davis's 1959 assault by NYC police outside Birdland. The book weaves voices of jazz legends—Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Bill Evans—into an intimate portrait of art and brutality.
Literary event
Jazz history
Historical fiction
Author reading
Tips
🎺"gorgeous jazz composition" (Margo Jefferson)
📚"a writer's writer" (Ishmael Reed)
🏛️CARA has a curated bookstore worth browsing
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