Tue, Mar 15
|Harrietts Bookshop Online
Underlying Issues -- March 2022
Join Harrietts Bookshop for a special episode of Underlying Issues where we meet with authors to talk contemporary issues from a literary perspective. This month the topic is SOCIAL CONTRACTS. We are joined by award winning guest authors Tiya Miles and Hanif Abdurraquib. Don't miss it!
Time & Place
Mar 15, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Harrietts Bookshop Online
About the Event
Let's discuss SOCIAL CONTRACTS on Underlying Issues with special guest authors Tiya Miles and Hanif Abdurraquib.
Tiya Miles is a professor of history, Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Harvard-Radcliffe
Institute, and director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at
Harvard University. She is the author of All That She Carried, which was awarded the
National Book Awarded for Nonfiction in 2021. She is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation
fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, and the Hiett Prize in the
Humanities from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. Miles is also the author
of The Dawn of Detroit, which won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize and an American Book Award, among other honors, as well as the acclaimed books Ties That Bind, The House on
Diamond Hill, The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts, and Tales from the
Haunted South, a published lecture series.
Hanif Abdurraqib is a New York Times bestselling poet, essayist, and cultural critic from
Columbus, Ohio. He is also a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. His poetry has
been published in PEN American, Muzzle, Vinyl, and other journals. His essays and criticism
have been published in The New Yorker, Pitchfork, The New York Times, and Fader. He is the
author of the poetry collections, The Crown Ain't Worth Much and A Fortune for Your Disaster,
the essay collection They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us , and Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a
Tribe Called Quest. Abdurraqib was named guest curator at large at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of
Music) beginning in January 2021 and is the host of the new SONOS podcast Object of Sound.
He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.
Tickets
Price
Quantity
Total
Attend
$0.00
This ticket grants you access to the room at no cost to you. Please consider supporting the cause by registering via the SUPPORT THE CAUSE ticket. No matter what, we are excited that you are joining us.
$0.00
0$0.00
Support the Cause
$20.00
Thank you for your support. We use this donation to continue to create edutaintional content for you and your community. Our mission is to support the womxn behind the scenes that make this work happen. Thank you again for your support.
$20.00
0$0.00
Total
$0.00
RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK In consideration of the services of the Sisterhood Sit-In (“SSI”), I agree to release and discharge SSI on behalf of myself, my family, including but not limited to my children and my parents, my heirs, assigns, personal representatives, and estate as follows: My participation in this activity is purely voluntary. I agree to abide by any and all of the GRT rules. I understand that failure to abide by these rules could result in the early termination of the GRT services without a refund. I acknowledge that the activities involved in using the SSI service entail significant risks, which could result in physical or emotional injury, even death. I elect to participate despite the risks. I expressly agree to assume all of the risks existing in this activity, both known and unknown, whether caused or alleged to be caused by the negligent acts or omissions of the SSI, its operators, or its owners. I hereby voluntarily release, forever discharge, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless the SSI from any and all claims, demands, or causes of action. I certify that I have adequate insurance to cover any injury or damage I may cause or suffer while participating, or I agree to bear all costs of such injury or damages myself. I further certify that I have no medical or physical conditions which could interfere with my safety in this activity, or I am willing to assume and bear the costs of all risks that may be created, directly or indirectly, by any such condition. I hereby grant permission to Harrietts Bookshop/Sisterhood Sit-In and its subsidiaries to use photographs and/or videos of my guests and myself taken during events hosted by the Sisterhood Sit-In or Harrietts Bookshop in publications, news releases, online, and in other communications. This permission can be revoked by written notice to the Sisterhood Sit-In Trolley Tours but will remain in effect until notice is received. I agree that the laws of Philadelphia will govern this agreement. Should the Harrietts Bookshop or anyone acting on their behalf be required to incur attorney’s fees to enforce this agreement, I agree to indemnify and hold them harmless for all such fees. By purchasing this ticket, I agree to the above terms.