GWN Celebrates June Jordan with Sapphire & Feminist Press

June Jordan event
 
On June 9th, Girls Write Now mentee-mentor pair Michaela Burns and Erica Dolland joined the Feminist Press and authors Sapphire, Staceyann Chin and Sofia Quintero in celebrating the much-anticipated reissue of June Jordan's 1971 young adult novel, His Own Where. Michaela and Erica read aloud their favorite passage of the book to a full audience at the Countee Cullen Library, and also joined the other guest authors in a lively panel discussion about the significance of Jordan's novel in today's society.