Adult Book Group (Hybrid)

Join us for a lively discussion about this month's title. All are welcome.

For September, we will be discussing Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artists Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert.

WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE

Chasing Me to My Grave presents the late artist Winfred Rembert's breathtaking body of work alongside his story, as told to Tufts Philosopher Erin I. Kelly. Rembert grew up in a family of Georgia field laborers, joined the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager, survived a near-lynching at the hands of law enforcement, and spent seven years on chain gangs. There he learned the leather tooling skills that became the bedrock of his autobiographical paintings. Years later, encouraged by his wife, Patsy, Rembert brought his past to vibrant life in scenes of joy and terror, from the promise of southern Black commerce to the brutality of chain gang labor. Vivid, confrontational, revelatory, and complex, Chasing Me to My Grave is a searing memoir in prose and painted leather that celebrates Black life and summons readers to confront painful and urgent realities at the heart of American society.
 

Pick up a copy of this month's book at the Accounts Desk at Vancouver Community Library.

Attending virtually? Call 360 906-5140, and ask the staff to have a copy delivered to your local branch, or check the Libby app from Overdrive for the eBook or eAudio.

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