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AuthorsLive: Admissions with Kendra James

AuthorsLive welcomes Kendra James to discuss her 2022 release, Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School. Kendra James' memoir is written in an accessible, funny way and sheds light on boarding schools and their challenges with race and equity. In Admissions, Kendra looks back at the three years she spent at Taft, from clashes with her lily-white roommate to unlearning the respectability politics she'd been raised with, and a horrifying article in the student newspaper that accused Black and Latinx students of being responsible for the segregation of campus.

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Date:
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Time:
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Marx Family Black Box Theater
Audience:
  Adult     Senior     Teens  
Categories:
  Author Talk     Book Discussion     Special Event  
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Kendra James was a founding editor at Shondaland.com where she wrote and edited work for two years. She has been heard and seen on NPR and podcasts including "Thirst Aid Kit," "Three Swings,” “Star Trek: The Pod Directive,” “The Canon," and "Al Jazeera." Her writing has been published widely from Elle, Marie Claire, Women's Health Magazine, LennyLetter, The Verge, Harper's Bazaar, Catapult, and The Toast, among others.

AuthorsLive at GreenwichLibrary is made possible through the support of the Greenwich Library Board of Trustees and contributions from generous donors. This event is open to all at no charge. Books will be available for purchase and signing through Diane's Books.