Jewelle Gomez

James Campbell, Clifford Thompson, Jewelle Gomez

17 JUNE 2021 — thursday

The Mechanics' Institute presents a Juneteenth Tribute to James Baldwin, featuring a discussion of Baldwin's life and work with writer and editor James Campbell, Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin, essayist Clifford Thompson, What It Is: Race, Family and One Thinking Black Man's Blues, and poet and playwright Jewelle Gomez, Waiting for Giovanni, free for members, $5 for nonmembers, online via Zoom, Noon PDT (Register to attend: www.milibrary.org/events/juneteenth-tribute-james-baldwin-zoom-jun-17-2021)