Come hear local author Mimi Yahn talk about her debut novel, Usurpation. Set in 1997 and spanning two cities — Portland, Oregon, and New Orleans — Usurpation tells a powerful story about gentrification through the lives of two families, and the eyes of the novel's historian protagonist, Kitty Feliz.
When her best friend's son is murdered, Kitty uncovers a racist scheme involving drug gangs, police corruption, and gentrification through the deliberate blighting of Portland's historically Black district, Albina. Writing under the nom de plume of Marie St. Pez, Yahn tells this story of the early days of gentrification through the musings of Kitty Feliz, whose experiences as a Black lesbian lyrically link the personal with the political and the heart with the mind.
Nov 17, 2024, 3 to 4 PM
Narcan Training at Rockingham Library on Nov. 20Nov 20, 2024, 3 to 4 PM
Community Conversation - Yellow Barn Main St PropertiesNov 21, 2024, 5:30 to 7 PM