Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham on Black Futures
About the Event:
When Kimberly Drew (This Is What I Know About Art) and Jenna Wortham (New York Times Magazine staff writer and Still Processing podcast host) set out to collaborate, they were guided by a central question: “What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?” The resulting work, Black Futures, brings together diverse contributors across multiple formats—images, essays, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more—to capture and preserve flourishing Black creativity and art in our digital world. Join Drew and Wortham along with Black Futures contributor Chicago sociologist and writer Eve L. Ewing, for a conversation about the radical, imaginative, provocative, and gorgeous world that Black creators are bringing forth today.
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About the Book:
- The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
- When you purchase your copy of Black Futures from Seminary Co-op you are directly supporting independent bookselling in Chicago and a vital space for book browsing, discovery, and community.
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Kimberly Drew
Kimberly Drew is a writer, curator, and activist. Drew received her B.A. from Smith College in art history and Africa...
Jenna Wortham
Jenna Wortham is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. She is also co-host of the podcast Still P...
Eve L. Ewing
Eve L. Ewing is a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of four books...
[Event tile image description: The event tile at the top left of the event page is an image of two Black people, Kimberly Drew (left) and Jenna Wortham (right). Drew’s headshot is in profile, her head tilted upwards and to the right, eyes closed. She wears her locs in a bun, pink lipstick, and a red jacket. Wortham’s headshot is also in profile. She looks toward the left of the image wearing large, circular, green-framed glasses, pink lipstick, a long sleeve sheer black, and her hair in short curls.]