Books in Bloom Festival Features Immigration and Identity Panel

The Downtown Columbia Partnership (DTC) and The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) are now hosting the 4th annual Books in Bloom (BIB) book festival in a new virtual format. For the schedule and registration, visit https://www.booksinbloommd.com/events.

The festival will feature the following programs:

• Thursday, August 6, 7-8 p.m. Immigration and Identity Panel:
  • Abdi Nor Iftin, author of the riveting and dramatic memoir Call Me American: A Memoir that details his path to the US from incredible violence in Somalia.
  • A Naomi Paik, author of Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: Understanding US Immigration Policy which looks at the significant barriers to immigration embedded in the very foundation of the United States.
  • Laura Briggs whose book Taking Children argues that for four hundred years the United States has taken children for political ends.
• Friday, August 7, 7-8 p.m. Conversation with Leslie Kern, feminist geographer author of Feminist City: A Field Guide, a collection of essays to encourage audiences to think differently about spaces and city life.
• Saturday, August 15, 11 a.m. Kids’ Corner: Story and Craft Time with Girlfriends Book Club Baltimore
• Wednesday, August 19, 7-8 p.m. Well Red Book Club: Sheila Williams whose newest novel, The Secret Women, looks at the complexity of mother-daughter relationships. Her book, Dancing on the Edge of the Roof, now a Netflix film, Juanita, starring Alfre Woodard.
• Thursday, August 20, 7-8 p.m. Conversation with Robin DiAngelo, author of New York Times bestseller White Fragility, will close out the festival with a moderated discussion on the book’s themes.

• Saturday, August 8, 11 a.m. Emerging Voices: Young Writers’ Workshop with Grace Cavalieri

· Friday, August 14, 7-8 p.m. Conversation with Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face, with its themes of contemporary gender inequity and what beauty means in the modern era.

For full event listings and links to event registrations, visit https://www.booksinbloommd.com/events.