Fulton County Library recently issued the following announcement.
The Auburn Avenue Research Library welcomes Hari Ziyad, who in conversation W.J. Lofton, will discuss their latest publication, Black Boy Out of Time. An eloquent coming of age memoir by one of the most thought-provoking journalists today, Black Boy Out of Time is interspersed with letters to their inner child, culminating in a montage of growing awareness, abolitionist practice, tenderness, and queer love. Exploring childhood, gender, race, and the trust that is built, broken, and repaired through generations, Ziyad investigates what it means to live beyond the limited narratives Black children are given and challenges the irreconcilable binaries that restrict them.
Hari Ziyad is a cultural critic, a screenwriter, and the editor-in-chief of RaceBaitr, They are a 2021 Lambda Literary Fellow, and their writing has been featured in BuzzFeed, Out, the Guardian, Paste magazine, and the academic journal Critical Ethnic Studies. W.J. Lofton is a poet, writer, editor, director, and songwriter centering his work on the intersections of Black queer identity. His poetry and essays have been featured in several print and online literary journals including Scalawag Magazine and Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora. Lofton is the author of the poetry book, A Garden for Black Boys Between the Stages of Soil and Stardust.
Original source can be found here.
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Source: Fulton County Library
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