Baba Badji is a Senegalese-American poet, translator, researcher, and PhD candidate in Comparative Literature.
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In this virtual reading and discussion, Baba Badji will present his recently published first collection of poems, Ghost Letters. Badji is a Senegalese-American poet, translator, researcher, and PhD candidate in Comparative Literature. Ghost Letters creates a ghost mother who becomes a presiding presence. His poetry explores what it means to be Senegalese, American, and Black, as well as the bonds of Black people across the Black diaspora.
Virtual book club selection: ‘Fever’ by Mary Beth Keane
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At first glance, the story of Mary Mallon seems like a model of the so-called American Dream. As an Irish immigrant at the turn of the twentieth century, she worked her way up from theposition of a domestic servant to working as a cook to several elite New York families. But the trail of disease she left in her wake led to the moniker by which she is famous: Typhoid Mary.
In this novel, author Mary Beth Keane sets out to tell the story of Mary Mallon—headstrong and independent—set against the vibrant landscape of early twentieth-century New York. Free and open to all.
WashU Libraries Virtual Book Club: ‘Marcel’s Letters’
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WashU Libraries Virtual Book Club: ‘Marcel’s Letters’
Virtual book club selection: ‘Marcel’s Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man’s Fate’ by Carolyn Porter
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A true story of graphic designer Carolyn Porter, who stumbled across a bundle of letters while searching antique stores for inspiration to create a new font. As she struggled to design the font, she searched for information about the man who had written these letters during World War II and clues to what had become of him.
Book club will begin with a showcase of typography in the rare book collections, followed by a discussion of the book. Free and open to all.
