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Burey offers readers a declaration to reimagine and redefine agency in their professional lives: “I am not a worker. I am a person at work.”Third Place Books welcomes writer and critic Jodi-Ann Burey for a presentation of Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work. Part memoir and criticism, and using pop culture, personal storytelling and interviews, Burey draws insights from acclaimed television shows like The Good Place and Issa Rae’s Insecure and conversations with family, friends, colleagues and strangers alike to examine what “authenticity” really means in the workplace. Angela Garbes, author of Like a Mother and Essential Labor, joins in conversation.
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Jodi-Ann Burey is a writer, critic, and sought-after speaker on race, culture, and health equity. Her essays appear in various arts, business, and literary publications. Jodi-Ann created and hosts the prose and poetry salon Lit Lounge: The People’s Art and the Black Cancer podcast. She was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica; lives in Seattle, Washington; and will always call New York City home.
Angela Garbes is an American author. She has written two nonfiction books about motherhood: Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy and Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change.
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