The 2021 Memphis Reads selection is Tressie McMillan Cottom's Thick: And Other Essays.
Incoming first year students will receive a copy of the book at orientation. If you have received your CBU student login credentials, you can view the ebook version online.
Thick by In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - is unapologetically 'thick': deemed 'thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less,' McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work.Film screening of Souls of Black Girls and talk, Tuesday, September 28, 6:00 pm, Memphis Room in University Center, University of Memphis
Film screening of Just Wright and panel discussion, Tuesday, October 5, 6:00 pm, River Room in University Center, University of Memphis
Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom talk and reading, Wednesday, October 13, 7:00 pm, University Theater, Christian Brothers University. Due to COVID protocols, this event is limited to CBU community members and special guests. Livestream will be available here.
Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom talk and reading, Thursday, October 14, 12:00 pm, The Little Theater, LeMoyne-Owen College
Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom talk and reading, Thursday, October 14, 6:00 pm, McNeill Concert Hall, Rhodes College. Due to COVID protocols, this event is limited to Rhodes community members and special guests.
Film screening of Ouvriv la Voix (Speak Up) and panel discussion, Sunday, October 17, 1:30 pm, Memphis Public Library
More details can be found here.
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