November 2019
Leila Taylor and Laina Dawes in conversation at Strand Books, NYC
Join Leila Taylor, author of Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul, in conversation with Laina Dawes, author of What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal. To be a goth is to be out of joint with your surroundings—prone to daydreaming and longing for something beyond the here and now. This can be dangerous for a Black person in the United States, where lingering somewhere often results in violence and simply existing in
Find out more »Leila Taylor and M Lamar in conversation at McNally Jackson, NYC
Join Leila Taylor, author of Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul, in conversation with musician M Lamar. To be a goth is to be out of joint with your surroundings—prone to daydreaming and longing for something beyond the here and now. This can be dangerous for a Black person in the United States, where lingering somewhere often results in violence and simply existing in a space is enough to warrant a call to the police. To be Black and a
Find out more »Leila Taylor at Women and Children First, Chicago
Join Leila Taylor, author of Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul, at Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago. To be a goth is to be out of joint with your surroundings—prone to daydreaming and longing for something beyond the here and now. This can be dangerous for a Black person in the United States, where lingering somewhere often results in violence and simply existing in a space is enough to warrant a call to the police. To be Black
Find out more »Leila Taylor at Seminary Co-op Bookstore, Chicago
Join Leila Taylor, author of Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul, at Seminary Co-op bookstore in Chicago. To be a goth is to be out of joint with your surroundings—prone to daydreaming and longing for something beyond the here and now. This can be dangerous for a Black person in the United States, where lingering somewhere often results in violence and simply existing in a space is enough to warrant a call to the police. To be Black and a
Find out more »Leila Taylor at Politics and Prose, Washington D.C.
Join Leila Taylor, author of Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul, at Politics and Prose bookstore, Washington D.C. To be a goth is to be out of joint with your surroundings—prone to daydreaming and longing for something beyond the here and now. This can be dangerous for a Black person in the United States, where lingering somewhere often results in violence and simply existing in a space is enough to warrant a call to the police. To be Black and
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