Between the Lines with Jason Reynolds and Glory Edim

Monday, August 26, 2024 | 6:00 p.m.

$0 | Friedman Family Auditorium

Join Planet Word for the summer series finale of Between the Lines with Jason Reynolds featuring Jason’s special guest and friend, Glory Edim, award winning author and founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a literary community dedicated to Black women! Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to engage NYT’s best-selling YA author Jason Reynolds, in conversation with Glory Edim about the importance of identity and its connection to reading and the art of writing and creativity in the Black D.C. community and beyond.

The Between the Lines summer series seeks to create a platform where local Black authors and wordsmiths, from the up-and-coming to renowned, can explore the transformative power of language and storytelling, while encouraging the wider public to embrace the written word as a means of personal expression and social change. In their conversations, Jason and his friends will tap into everything from Hip Hop culture to storytelling, and more.

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