Farah Jasmine Griffin, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Daphne Brooks and Imani Owens discussed Griffin’s new book, Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature, which investigates the work of Toni Morrison, Malcolm X, Phillis Wheatley, Stevie Wonder, and many others.
Co-presented by the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department, Columbia University School of the Arts, and The Institute for Research in African-American Studies.
Farah Jasmine Griffin, photo by Peggy Dillard Toone