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Politics and Prose at Union Market
1324 4th Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
United States
This event is free and open to the public.
Join Antonio Michael Downing at Politics and Prose for a reading and discussion of his novel, Black Cherokee.
Antonio Michael Downing
Antonio Michael Downing is an author, speaker, and musical artist. His memoir Saga Boy was called “singularly dazzling” by Kiese Laymon and “the triumph of Blackness everywhere” by Scotiabank Giller Prize–winner Ian Williams.
Nonfiction
My Life of Blackness and Becoming
Tracing the author’s journey from the tropical forests of Trinidad to the stark landscape of rural Canada—as well as that of his personal, musical metamorphosis—this is a poignant memoir of overcoming and belonging.