2020 IWE Festival Virtual Experience

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Event Details

Jayne Allen, author of Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

Join Jayne Allen via Instagram Live @jayneallenwrites at 2pm Saturday, May 30!

Jayne Allen is a black girl from Detroit who smiles widely, laughs loudly and loves to tell stories that stick to your bones. Her debut novel, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, which Kirkus Reviews called "both timely and enjoyable," touches upon contemporary women's issues such as workplace womanhood, race, fertility, modern relationships and mental health awareness, echoing her desire to bring both multiculturalism and multidimensionality to contemporary women's fiction with dynamic female protagonists who also happen to be black. When she's not writing "chocolate chick lit with a conscience," she's spending time with her girlfriends, keeping one ear open for her next saucy tale.

IWE Festival, hosted by Councilwoman Erika Green through her Imagination Leads nonprofit organization, is celebrating its fourth year! IWE, which is Yoruba for book, is a one-day urban culture festival that boosts a vibrant array of creativity, art, and culture through literacy. This family friendly festival, usually held at Southern University, brings live music, children’s activities, local vendors, and headlining authors to Baton Rouge and the surrounding communities. The IWE Festival Virtual Experience lets us #festinplace!

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Event Type(s): Entertainment/Recreation
Age Group(s): Adults, 20somethings