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This event is in the past.It took place on February 23, 2026 at Greenlight Bookstore (Fulton Street).

Mary Helen Washington with Edwidge Danticat and Farah Jasmine Griffin 1
Literature Talk
Mary Helen Washington with Edwidge Danticat and Farah Jasmine Griffin 2
Mary Helen Washington with Edwidge Danticat and Farah Jasmine Griffin 3
Mary Helen Washington with Edwidge Danticat and Farah Jasmine Griffin 4
Mary Helen Washington with Edwidge Danticat and Farah Jasmine Griffin 5

Mary Helen Washington with Edwidge Danticat and Farah Jasmine Griffin

Fort Greene

Three literary giants gather to resurrect an overlooked pioneer's legacy. Mary Helen Washington, Edwidge Danticat, and Farah Jasmine Griffin discuss Paule Marshall: A Writer's Life, celebrating the Brooklyn author who bridged Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison and sparked contemporary Black feminist literature.

Literary discussion
Black feminist literature
Author talk
Brooklyn history

Tips

📚Marshall's *Brown Girl, Brownstones* is essential Brooklyn reading
✍️Danticat and Griffin are acclaimed authors themselves
🖊️book signing after the discussion

Greenlight Bookstore (Fulton Street)

686 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA

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