A Conversation with Crystal
Aug
22
6:00 PM18:00

A Conversation with Crystal

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 THIS IS A FREE EVENT 

Dinner, conversation, and a national bestseller. 
Something special is coming to Portsmouth! We’re extremely excited to have author Crystal Wilkinson visit us in Portsmouth and spend some time with our community for a literary dinner you won't want to miss.

Join us at the 14th Street Community Center for an evening of powerful storytelling, and a delicious meal inspired by her national bestselling book, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts. Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks. Praisesong is part memoir of Crystal’s time growing up in Casey County, Kentucky, in a little town called Indian Creek, and part cookbook filled with family recipes.

It’s going to be a beautiful evening celebrating food, heritage, and the rich legacy and presence of Black Appalachians and their influence on Appalachian foodways.

 Special Thanks: Maureen Berry Cadogan and 14th Street Community Center for their support and collaboration for this event 

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and we couldn’t have done this literary dinner without the generous support of Pallottine Foundation of Huntington WV 

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Oct
31
12:00 PM12:00

Literary Luncheon with Roni Lundy at Kentucky Book Festival

Join Crystal Wilkinson and Ronni Lundy for a discussion of Crystal’s culinary memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks in the beautiful setting of Fasig Tipton on October 31st, noon to 2pm. Books by both writers will be available for purchase.

This premier event will be catered by Ouita Michel and Holly Hill Events. Details about the menu to follow.

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Oct
26
to Oct 27

Southern Festival of Books Nashville, TN

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The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word is among the oldest literary festivals in the country, annually welcoming hundreds of authors and thousands of visitors to downtown Nashville each October.
 
The Festival, a program of Humanities Tennessee, is free and includes performance stages, food trucks, and loads of publishers and booksellers.

The initial author lineup will be revealed in July!

Stay up to date and subscribe to SFB emails. We also post updates here and here.

We look forward to celebrating the written word with you this Fall downtown at the Bicentennial Mall, Tennessee State Museum, and Tennessee State Library.

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Seven Acre Fall Dinner Series Madison, WI
Sep
18
to Sep 19

Seven Acre Fall Dinner Series Madison, WI

Former Kentucky Poet Laureate and award-winning author, Crystal Wilkinson comes to Seven Acre to read and tell stories from her National best-selling memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks. Seven Acre chefs will prepare recipes from Praisesong, as guests dine alongside this prize-winning author as she explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians through her powerful storytelling and delicious family recipes.

The details:

  • Dinners are both September 18th and 19th. Both dinners are identical, so choose one.

  • Bar opens at 5pm, with mixing and mingling with Wilkinson.

  • Dinner at 6pm. Dinner includes 4 courses, using recipes from Praisesong prepared by Seven Acre chefs, and storytelling from Wilkinson. Wilkinson will be available for book signing after the event.

  • Tickets: $85 + 20% service charge and tax. Staff gratuity is not expected beyond this service charge.

  • Alcoholic and N/A beverages available for purchase.

  • The Eventbrite deposit is $40 per ticket. This will be subtracted from your final bill.

Want to stay overnight at the Inn before or after your dinner? We'd love to have you! Use FALLDINNER for $50/night off your stay. Book HERE

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National Book Festival: Food, Family, Community at Library of Congress
Aug
24
2:50 PM14:50

National Book Festival: Food, Family, Community at Library of Congress

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Food, Family, Community: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Annabelle Tometich and Crystal Wilkinson

Date and Location

  • When:Saturday, August 24, 2024

    2:50 pm - 3:50 pm EDT

  • Where:Walter E. Washington Convention Center - West Salon GHI (Street Level, South Building)

    801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001

Part of National Book Festival ; 2024 National Book Festival

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Warren County Public Library An Evening With Crystal Wilkinson
Aug
20
6:00 PM18:00

Warren County Public Library An Evening With Crystal Wilkinson

Crystal Wilkinson, a recent fellowship recipient of the Academy of American Poets, is the award-winning author of Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, a culinary memoir, Perfect Black, a collection of poems, and three works of fiction—The Birds of Opulence , Water Street and Blackberries, Blackberries. She is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Poetry, an O. Henry Prize, a USA Artists Fellowship, and an Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence. She was Poet Laureate of Kentucky from 2021 to 2023.

This program is an expansion of the National Book Festival held in Washington, D.C. each year and organized by the Library of Congress.The National Book Festival’s Roadmap to Reading is made possible by generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities with additional support from Chief Officers of State Library Agencies.The tour in Kentucky was developed as a partnership with the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, the Kentucky Book Festival, the Kentucky Center for the Book, and Kentucky Humanities.

https://warrenpl.org/event/crystal-wilkinson/

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Politics and Prose DC
Feb
17
3:00 PM15:00

Politics and Prose DC

Wilkinson will be in conversation with Morgan Menzies, the creator and host of Pretty Little Bookshelf, a book club focused on discussing the significant themes and experiences explored in literary fiction by people of color. She is an avid reader empowering bookworms to diversify their bookshelves through online initiatives on Instagram – the Black Resilience Booksta Tour and in-person collaborations with independent bookstores like Politics and Prose – Reading Black Beyond February. Morgan currently splits her time between New Jersey and Maryland.

This event is free with first come, first served seating.

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Black Soil KY Presents Praisesong Homecoming at Living Arts and Science Center
Feb
8
6:00 PM18:00

Black Soil KY Presents Praisesong Homecoming at Living Arts and Science Center

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An intimate evening celebrating renowned and award winning author Crystal Wilkinson in honor of her newest release, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts. Gather for a literary exploration of foodways, perseverance, ancestry told through 5 generations of Black country cooks. Local Black culinary professionals bring Wilkinson’s Appalachian heritage to life through modern interpretations of cross-generational recipes.

Event includes coursed culinary experience, copy of Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts and event gift. Limited seating is available, tickets are required for admission. 

6:00 PM -7:00 PM

Homecoming Reception featuring Author Meet & Greet, Farm to Table Small Bites and Cash Bar

7:00 PM-8:30 PM 

Crystal Wilkinson’s Praisesong Literary Program featuring

Coursed Culinary Experience

Author Fireside Chat 

Readings from Wilkinson Family and Special Guests 

8:30 PM-9:00 PM

Book Signing

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Sit Down Sunday Supper at M. Judson
Feb
4
6:30 PM18:30

Sit Down Sunday Supper at M. Judson

Join us for a Sit Down Supper in honor of Crystal Wilkinson and her new cookbook Praisesong For The Kitchen Ghosts. We’ll gather around the table on Sunday, February 4th starting at 6:30 pm for a five course dinner prepared by Chef Teryi Youngblood Musolf with wine pairings from Mission Grape.

Your ticket includes a welcome cocktail and five course dinner inspired by Crystal’s cookbook and an evening around the table right in the bookstore at M. Judson.

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Carmichael's Book Store
Jan
25
7:00 PM19:00

Carmichael's Book Store

Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 7:00pm

2720 Frankfort Avenue

Louisville, KY 40206

Carmichael's Bookstore is thrilled to be hosting CRYSTAL WILKINSON for her latest book, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks. She will be joined in conversation by KATHLEEN DRISKELL. 

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