Event | Lectures and Symposia Dolen Perkins-Valdez on Her New Novel "Take My Hand"
Date and Location
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When: Saturday, September 03, 2022
02:20 pm - 03:05 pm EDT
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Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Ballroom A (Level 3, South Building)
801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001
- Stage: Pop Lit
- Interests: BIPOC Authors, Black and African American Interest, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Social Justice, Understanding Racism
Part of National Book Festival; 2022 National Book Festival
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s latest novel, “Take My Hand,” revolves around Civil Townsend, a Black nurse we follow from the early days of her career in 1973 to her eventual retirement. Inspired by true events, the novel lays bare the shameful history of state-sanctioned abuses against Black girls and women by medical professionals in America. Moderated by Linda Villarosa.