About this Event
P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome author & historian Robin Bernstein for a discussion of her newest book, Freeman's Challenge — which tells an explosive, moving story about the entangled origins of Pr*son for profit and anti-Black racism through one Black man, his family, and his city — along with an audience Q&A and book signing!
Robin will be joined in conversation by award-winning theorist Tao Leigh Goffe. After the talk, Robin will sign copies of her book.
AVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES
- This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating
- Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.
- We encourage all guests to wear masks.
- The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
is the Dillon Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University. She is the author of (University of Chicago Press, 2024) and (NYU Press, 2011), which won five prizes.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
is a London-born, award-winning Black British writer, theorist, and interdisciplinary artist who grew up between the UK and New York. She is an Associate Professor at Hunter College, CUNY and an artist-in-residence at Columbia University. Her research explores Black diasporic intellectual histories, political, and ecological life. Her life story was featured as the subject of an episode of Hulu’s Your Attention Please, Initiative 29, a television series. Committed to building intellectual communities beyond institutions, she is the founder of the Dark Laboratory, an engine for the study of race, technology, and ecology through digital storytelling (virtual reality (VR) augmented reality (AR) (XR)). Dr. Goffe is also the Executive Director of the Afro-Asia Group, an organization that centers the intersections of African and Asian diasporas, futurity, and radical coalition towards sovereignty.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States
USD 5.00 to USD 29.94
