Press release from Buncombe County:
Asheville’s YMI Cultural Center (YMI) and Buncombe County Public Libraries (BCPL) are partnering to create a book club focusing on modern Black authors and readers. Beginning Thursday, Dec. 10, the Black Experience Book Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.
To maximize safety, meetings will be held in a hybrid in-person and online format during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anyone interested may join the meeting via Zoom or meet in person at the YMI Impact Center, 39 S. Market St., Suite A, Asheville, NC 28801. In-person meetings will be capped at 10 participants to observe social distancing.
To register to attend in-person, please call YMI staff at 828-257-4540 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Thursday, or email submit@ymiculturalcenter.org at any time. To receive the Zoom link or for questions regarding finding copies of book club titles, please contact Alexandra Duncan at alexandra.duncan@buncombecounty.org. You may also find information about upcoming titles and request the Zoom link through the library’s Events Calendar. Visit buncombecounty.org/library and click on Events Calendar at the top of the page.
In December 2020, the Black Experience Book Club will discuss The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. In January 2021, members will discuss The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah, and in February 2021, Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi. Selected titles for future months will be announced in book club meetings, on the library’s Events Calendar, and via YMI and BCPL social media channels. Readers may borrow any of these titles at any BCPL location or at the YMI. Copies will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis, so participants are encouraged to reserve their copies early.
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