Book Club In Wash Heights Features Virtual Reading, Conversation

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The Upper Manhattan organization Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) is teaming up with the local WORD UP: Community Bookshop/Libreria Communitaria to host a conversation with Angela Abreu, the founder of the Dominican Writers Association.

The Dominican Writers Association was founded by Abreu in Washington Heights and serves as a platform dedicated to supporting and promoting the works by creative writers of Dominican descent.

Outside of holding prior events at the WORD UP book store, the Dominican Writers Association has also held talks, workshops, and readings at other Washington Heights and Inwood locations. Such as the Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, Pop & Pour, Miss Rizos Salon, and other neighborhood spots.

The event will take place on Saturday, and also feature the author Josefina Baez reading "Carmen FotonovelARTE."

The first five people to register for the virtual event will receive a free copy of the book, which you can do here.

The event will be hosted Carolina Valencia, the WORD UP bookshop's assistant general coordinator. The Washington Heights community bookstore is located at 2113 Amsterdam Avenue, near W. 165th Street.

As custom in many of the Community League of the Heights' events, there will also be a featured Washington Heights artist and business. Local artist Sharon De La Cruz will get featured during Saturday's event, and the bakery Made From Haven will be the featured business.

Made From Haven is located on Fort Washington Avenue near W. 170th Street.

CLOTH is a "community development corporation dedicated to building equitable, prosperous, and healthy northern Manhattan neighborhoods," according to its Facebook.

You can find out more about what CLOTH does in Inwood and Washington Heights on its website.