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We Lit Feat. Felipe Luciano
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We Lit is a CCCADI series dedicated to exploring authors of the African Diaspora who have beautifully woven their experiences, cultures, and dreams into their works. This series is a call to writers, griots, storytellers, and lovers of the written word to spark collective conservation, reflection, and celebration for African Diasporic literature.
Join us for our Black literary salon featuring author Felipe Luciano and moderator Jamal Joseph in conversation! This next event will focus on Felipe Luciano’s book “Flesh and Spirit: Confessions of a Young Lord”.
Growing up fatherless and poor, Felipe Luciano didn’t yearn for wealth or dream of becoming a famous actor or athlete. He was tired of being poor and ached to be a man, to reach that point of sagacity, courage, and independence that would signal to the world that he was now a warrior, ready to fight the battle for truth and justice, to slay the dragon of evil, whatever that might be. In Flesh and Spirit, Luciano paints a vivid portrait of his life in New York City as a member of the city’s Latino community as well as his pivotal role in the Young Lords and The Last Poets.
Sparing no one―not the revolutionaries, the Revolution, nor the author himself―Flesh and Spirit is written with honesty and humility to help guide young people of color and other Americans through the labyrinths of ideology, organization, missteps, false paths, and phony societal promises.
October 10, 2024 6 - 8:30 PM 120 E 125th Street NY, NY 10035 FREE | Registration Encouraged Explore last season’s featured We Lit authors and content. www.cccadi.org/welit
Venue: Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
120 EAST 125TH STREET
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212-307-7420
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