FEATURED EVENT
1455 SUMMER LITERARY FESTIVAL
Free Virtual Event
July 18, 2020
1:00
Germaine Greer famously wrote, “If a woman never lets herself go how will she ever know how far she might have got?”
When it seemed like the pandemic would keep us inside for a few weeks, we were more worried about food supplies than hair supplies. But three months into this (or is it four?), everyone’s hair has a story to tell. How are we coping as our blonde locks grow in brown, auburn grows in gray, naturals go wild, and braids go limp? The hair of men and women on TV news shows is news of its own. And celebs we see on Zoom look as disheveled as we do – and some are home-dyeing their hair bright blue. How far will this go?
Join the conversation with Elizabeth Benedict (ME, MY HAIR AND I: 27 WOMEN UNTANGLE AN OBSESSION), Ronnie Citron-Fink (TRUE ROOTS: WHAT QUITTING HAIR DYE TAUGHT ME ABOUT HEALTH AND BEAUTY) and Yvette Walker (HAIR GODDESS), writers who care about hair – hair as identity, hair as creativity, and some of the dangers of hair care and dyes – as all of us confront the new faces we see in the mirror. Will going gray en masse change our ideas about beauty and hair care? Will letting go and going natural last beyond the pandemic? Finally, we’ll discuss special challenges and rewards of writing about our bodies and ourselves. REGISTER HERE
PREVIOUS EVENTS
June 4, 2019 TRUE ROOTS book launch at Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, NY RSVP HERE
July 18-20, 2019 1455’s SUMMER LITERARY FESTIVAL, Winchester, VA
July 21, 2019 TRUE ROOTS book signing at Rhinebeck Farmer’s Market 12-2pm, Rhinebeck, NY
August 25, 2019 TRUE ROOTS book talk at GOLDEN NOTEBOOK @3pm Woodstock, NY
September 26, 2019 TRUE ROOTS book talk at VIRGINIA CENTER FOR LITERARY ARTS, 6-7pm, Winchester, VA
December 10, 2019 TRUE ROOTS book talk at STARR LIBRARY 7pm, Rhinebeck, NY
December 17, 2019 TRUE ROOTS book talk at WEST TISBURY LIBRARY 4:30-5:30pm, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
January 13 , 2020 TRUE ROOTS signing at ROUGH DRAFT 6-8pm, Kingston, NY