BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cd11f9e7cc9b9ee14c1c19e6ca8a25171695 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:“The Secret Lives of Church Ladies” with Author Deesha Philyaw ’93 DESCRIPTION:
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Yale Club of DC Virtual Event< /strong> Co-sponsored with the Yale Black Alumni Association DMV
“The Secret Lives of Church Ladies”
6:30-7:30pm < br />This meeting will be conducted on Zoom. Instructions will be provided upon registration | |||||
Please join us fo r a virtual talk by author and Yale alumna Deesha Philyaw '93, who will tal k to us about her award-winning book "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies", Y ale's influence on her career, and her thoughts on next steps. About the Author Deesha Philyaw is the author of the debut short story collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (West Virginia University Press, 2020), which won the 2021 PEN/Faulkne r Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and a 2020 LA Times Book Pr ize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction; the collection was also a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. She is also the auth or of Co-Parenting 101: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Two Households Afte r Divorce, written in collaboration with her ex-husband. T he Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places wh ere Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momenta ry reprieve from being good. Nine stories featuring four generations of cha racters who grapple with who they want to be in the world, the collection w as praised as “luminous stories populated by deeply moving and multifaceted characters,” by Kirkus Reviews and “addictive while also laying bare the d epth and vulnerability of Black women,” by Observer. Author Tara Campbell n otes, “The love in Philyaw’s stories runs the gamut from sweet to bitter, s exy to sisterly, temporary to time tested, often with hidden aspects. The w ord secret in the title is earned, and some of the secrets are dow nright juicy.” The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is being develope d for television by Tessa Thompson for HBO Max. Support the Yale Club of Washington, DC The Yale Club o f Washington, DC offers this event to our members and alumni. However, we do ask for your support in one or both of the following ways: 1) Ple ase become a member if you are not one already. 2) Donate to the Yale Club of Washington, D C (see option on registration page). Membership dues and donatio ns are both critical income sources for the Club, which enable Club operati ons, programs, and financial viability.
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