About this Event
Join us at Brookline Booksmith to celebrate the release of Earthly Playing Field with author Radhika Singh, in conversation with Aba Taylor.
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Earthly Playing Field
Love and revolution in a crumbling world order.
Roma has a steady job, a mortgage, and a surrogate family in Queens. But as she moves through her daily routines, the powerful Empire that rules her world bares its teeth elsewhere-crushing freedom movements across the planet, including the Punjabi farmers' uprising where her younger brother struggles on the frontlines.
Roma's life is upended when her older brother entrusts her with a strange gift: an ordinary-looking plant that manifests a sophisticated bioengineered technology. The "cell" opens a portal for an extraterrestrial spirit-body bearing news of a liberated future-and the potential to hack AI warfare—propelling Roma and her family into the core of a rising resistance.
As dreams and dialectics converge, Roma meditates on the role of faith—ruminating on mystic poetics and anticolonial legacies while yearning for a bewitching woman whose heart will only ever belong to the revolution.
Radhika Singh lives, writes, and teaches in Queens, NY. Her fiction speculates on the presence of magic in this world, the connection to spirit and consciousness, and the power of the people to organize for collective liberation.
Aba Taylor is the President & CEO of YW Boston with over 25 years of experience as a facilitator, organizer, consultant, nonprofit executive and board member working to uplift BlPOC communities, women and girls, immigrants, LGBTQIA communities, and cultural changemakers on local, regional, national and international scales. She has held key positions at organizations including the United Nations, the Astraea Foundation for Justice, the Massachusetts Human Rights Commission, the Network for Social Justice, and Interaction Institute for Social Change.
About Brookline Booksmith
Brookline Booksmith, thriving in the heart of Coolidge Corner in Brookline, Massachusetts, since 1961, is one of New England’s premier independent bookstores. We offer a vast selection of books, ranging from current bestsellers to the most eclectic titles. We are also known for our beautiful and inspired gifts. Customers buy and sell gently used books in our treasured Used Book Cellar and enjoy our bountiful bargain book selection. We host award-winning events series (including our groundbreaking Transnational Literature Series), offering more than 300 author talks, community conversations, and book clubs annually. Find more at brooklinebooksmith.com!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 35.97
