Please join us for our next READ 718 Reads! with New York Times bestselling author Robert Jones, Jr. to discuss his novel, The Prophets.

Accolades for The Prophets include the following:

Finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction, Finalist for the 2021 Prix Médicis Etrange, Finalist for the 2021 Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine, The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021 (Time), The 10 Best Books of 2021 (Entertainment Weekly), Best Books of 2021 (USA Today), 10 Best Works of Historical Fiction (The New York Times), 10 Most Notable LGBTQ Books of 2021 (NBC).

Jones' writings have been featured in The New York Times, Essence, and The Paris Review, as well as the critically acclaimed anthologies Four Hundred Souls and The 1619 Project. He is the creator and curator of the social justice, social media community Son of Baldwin, which has 300,000 followers across platforms.

***The event will take place in Park Slope. Location details will be sent to your email upon ticket purchase***

***All guests must be vaccinated against Covid-19. We encourage you to test on the day of the event.***

Get your copy (if you haven't read it already) and join us. Lots to discuss!

Get your physical copy here

Get your Kindle copy here

All proceeds from this event directly support the expansion of READ 718 programming. We will serve more kids than ever before in the 2022-2023 academic year. 

THANK YOU!