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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies: A Lunchtime MAP Day Reading and Conversation with Deesha Philyaw
October 14, 2021 @ 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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African American author, columnist, and public speaker Deesha Philyaw will read from her debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, which won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in fiction.
This event will also be available virtually via Zoom, register here.