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Brown Bag Book Club: How to Say Babylon

February 22, 2024 12:30 pm

Join Anne Crystal for our February read: How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair.

In-person at Or Atid (97 Concord Rd, Wayland, MA) and on Zoom.
(See the Weekly News for the Zoom link or contact .)

With echoes of Educated and Born a CrimeHow to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet.

New York Times Notable Book, a Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick, a Best Book of 2023 by the New York TimesTimeThe Washington PostVultureShelf AwarenessGoodreadsEsquireThe Atlantic, NPR, and Barack Obama.