The Afrofuturist Summer Book Series: Tahira Chloe Mahdi and Lawrence Brown

Dr. Lawrence Brown will join us to explore independent Black speculative fiction projects in our new summer series! He will talk with three authors about their novels, screenplays, and comic books that imaginatively explore Black futures and alter destinies. Their quirky and creative visions are situated in Baltimore and the DMV. Their works leap beyond our collective calamity to forge future flourishing.

The July edition will feature Tahira Chloe Mahdi, author of This Is Not How It Was Supposed to Go and Caught Out There: A Black Platonic Comedy Screenplay!

In the sexy, explosive adventures of This Is Not How It Was Supposed to Go, mothers who judge their daughters hide secrets of their own, and the past catches up to challenge what everyone believes about love and adulting. Meanwhile, in Caught Out There, Black-presenting aliens who call themselves “Notofearths” (as in, not of Earth) mix with humans at a Zodiac-based matchmaking service.

Come on over to the Ivy patio for a fun, inspiring dive into the surreal!