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Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central (Philadelphia/PA)
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Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Ash Richards of Parks and Recreation’s Farm Philly.
Book sales by Harriett’s Bookshop.
15 people will get a free copy of Gather, courtesy of Farm Philly. First come, first served.
Black Girls Cooking will offer free samples of their Sweat Heat spice.
Bold Fork Books (Washington, D.C.)
Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Anela Malik, creator, speaker, and the author of American Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States.
Auburn Ave. Research Library (Atlanta, GA)
Dr. Ashanté M.Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with writer, filmmaker, community organizer, and Black Studies scholar Charlene A. Carruthers.
Book sales by yes please books.
Enoch Pratt Library (Baltimore, MD)
Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togethernessin conversation with Jessica Marie Johnson, author and historian of the Atlantic African diaspora.
Kindred Stories (Houston, TX)
Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Ivy Walls of Ivy Leaf Farms.
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)
Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Dr. Bianca C. Williams, Matthew D. Branche Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Anthropology at Bowdoin College and author of The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism.
BEM | books & more (Brooklyn, NY)
Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness inconversation with award-winning cookbook author and self-described home chef Nicole Taylor. To learn more about Nicole’s work, visit her website: https://www.nicoleataylor.com/.
BookPeople (Austin, TX)
Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Dr. Ashley D. Farmer, associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at The University of Texas at Austin and author of Queen Mother: Reparations, Black Nationalism, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore (Pantheon, 2025)