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SUMMARY:Natalie Baszile w/ Amber Flame
DESCRIPTION:Writer\, filmmaker\, and author of Queen Sugar\, Natalie Basz
 ile\, visits the store for her new novel\, Friends and Family\, a pierci
 ng examination of friendship and loyalty as two best friends find themse
 lves at odds over their beliefs on race\, identity and allyship\, especi
 ally when it comes to their teenage children. She will be joined by poet
 \, publisher\, and musician Amber Flame. Registration is not required\, 
 but helps us anticipate audience size. If you'd like to RSVP\, please do
  so here! Babs and Nora became friends thanks to their kids. Now\, the d
 esire to protect their children might tear them apart. Babs and Nora hav
 e spent a decade’s worth of morning walks sharing family secrets\, local
  drama\, and advice—everything from tips on lingerie choices to Babs’s s
 uggestions to Nora\, a white woman\, on how to raise Nathan\, her adopte
 d Black son. But their worlds are turned upside down when the cops are c
 alled on their kids while they’re home alone\, leading to a traumatic po
 lice encounter for Nathan. In the aftermath\, Babs and Nora find themsel
 ves divided as never before\, and Nathan looks for refuge with Babs and 
 her family\, where\, unlike in his own home\, race\, identity\, and cult
 ure are always up for discussion. Babs can see that Nathan is a young Bl
 ack man without community trying to find himself. Torn between respectin
 g Nora’s boundaries and embodying the values so important to her own fam
 ily\, Babs will make a choice that will shape their lives forever. Set i
 n a tight-knit enclave in the Bay Area\, Friends and Family is an eye-op
 ening exploration of friendship and privilege\, race and community\, and
  what it means to truly be a good friend and ally. Natalie Baszile is a 
 writer and filmmaker. Her debut novel\, Queen Sugar\, was named a Best B
 ook of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle\, an NAACP Image Award no
 minee\, and was the inspiration for the acclaimed television series co-p
 roduced by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey. Her non-fiction book\, We Are
  Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers\, Land & Leg
 acy was a Wall Street Journal Book of the Year. Natalie's non-fiction wo
 rk has appeared in National Geographic\, O\, The Oprah Magazine\, The Bi
 tter Southerner\, and numerous anthologies. Natalie has had residencies 
 at the Ragdale Foundation\, Virginia Center for the Arts\, Hedgebrook\, 
 SFFILM and the Djerassi Resident Arts Program. Her short film “Black Gir
 l in Paris” premiered at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Fes
 tival. A native Californian\, Natalie’s southern roots stem from Louisia
 na\, South Carolina\, and Alabama. She lives in the Bay Area. Amber Flam
 e is a multi-genre writer and interdisciplinary artist garnering residen
 cies with Baldwin for the Arts\, Millay Arts\, Vermont Studio Center\, H
 edgebrook\, and more. Flame’s first collection of poetry\, Ordinary Crue
 lty\, published 2017 through Write Bloody Press. Flame’s second book\, a
 pocrifa\, a love story told in verse\, launched May 2023 from Red Hen Pr
 ess\, with a third collection forthcoming in fall 2027. Co-founder and D
 eputy Publisher of Generous Press\, a romance house publishing Black and
  brown\, queer\, and disabled love stories\, Amber Flame finds joy singi
 ng with a blues band\, making art\, and raising a talented kid in Tacoma
 \, Washington.\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/natalie-baszile-
 w-amber-flame-friends-and-family-tickets-2000213345962\n\nhttps://findlo
 cal.community/event/14b1e975-7991-4ca1-a867-6f2c6f8ab101
LOCATION:Comstock's Bindery & Bookshop\, WA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/14b1e975-7991-4ca1-a867-6f2c6f8ab10
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