Event

Join Penn Professor Herman Beavers for an interactive online discussion of James Baldwin’s essay collection, The Fire Next Time. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana Studies and the English Department. He teaches courses in African American and American literature, including courses on Southern Modernism, 20th Century African American Poetry, as well as "Trading Fours: The Literatures of Jazz," which is a requisite course in the Jazz and Popular Music minor.

This is a virtual book club event, and login instructions will be sent to those who register 48 hours before the event.

This program, free and open to all Penn alumni and friends, is co-hosted by Penn Alumni Education and the Center for Africana Studies, and co-sponsored by Penn Spectrum Programs and the Black Alumni Society.