We’re honored to welcome National Book Award-winning author Imani Perry as the speaker for this year’s Booklovers' Breakfast. 

Imani Perry is the author of South to America, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction. She is the Henry A. Morss, Jr. and Elisabeth W. Morss Professor of Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Perry's other books include Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, winner of the 2019 Bograd-Weld Biography Prize from the Pen America Foundation; Breathe: A Letter to My Sons; Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation; and May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem.  Her forthcoming book, Black and Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, will be published on January 28, 2025. 

Saturday, February 1, 2025
8:30 a.m. – noon
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront (700 Aliceanna Street) 

Advanced registration required:

• Tickets available Monday, December 2 at noon 
• Admission: $50 per person; $450 for a Table of 10
• All seats are reserved in order of receipt of registration and payment. 
• All sales are final. No refunds will be given. 
• For more information, call  443-768-0762
• Books provided by MahoganyBooks 
• Deadline for registration: Monday, January 27 at noon