An Author Talk & Book Signing featuring Marita Golden

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THE EVENT We are excited to welcome the award-winning author of sixteen works of fiction and nonfiction, Marita Golden, to MahoganyBooks on November 3, 2019 to discuss her book, Us Against Alzheimer's: Stories of Family, Love, and Faith. In the non-fiction follow-up to The Wide Circumference of Love, a 2017 NPR Best Book and 2018 NAACP Image Award nominee, this groundbreaking multicultural anthology shares moving personal stories about the impacts of Alzheimer's and dementia. Join us on Sunday, November 3rd at 4PM for an intimate author talk and book signing with Marita Golden, cofounder and president emeritus of the Hurston/Wright Foundation. THE BOOK "Having lost a great grandfather to Alzheimer's, I cannot stress enough the importance of a committed exploration of the disease. If this book were only shining light on Alzheimer's, it would be enough but it's more than that.It's the fine, fine writing, full of story and beautiful language and inventiveness and wisdom. Up against Alzheimer's is an essential read." -- Mitchell S. Jackson author of Survival Math This groundbreaking multicultural anthology shares moving personal stories about the impacts of Alzheimer's and dementia. An estimated 5.7 million Americans are afflicted by Alzheimer's disease, including 10 percent of those over sixty-five, and it is the sixth leading cause of death. But its effects are more pervasive: for the nearly 6 million sufferers, there are more than 16 million family caregivers and many more family members. Alzheimer's wreaks havoc not only on brain cells; it is a disease of the spirit and heart for those who suffer from it but also for their families. This groundbreaking anthology presents forty narratives, both nonfiction and fiction, that together capture the impact and complexity of Alzheimer's and other dementias on patients as well as their caregivers and family. Deeply personal, recounting the wrenching course of a disease that kills a loved one twice--first they forget who they are, and then the body succumbs--these stories also show how witnessing the disease and caring for someone with it can be powerfully transformative, calling forth amazing strength and grace. The contributors, who have all generously donated their work, include Edwidge Danticat, Julie Otsuka, Elizabeth Nunez, Meryl Comer, Greg O'Brien, Dr. Daniel Potts, Sallie Tisdale, and Nihal Satyadev. Reflecting the diversity and global nature of the dementia crisis, this anthology is published in collaboration with UsAgainstAlzheimer's. THE AUTHOR Marita Golden is the award-winning author of sixteen works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Wide Circumference of Love, a 2017 NPR Best Book and 2018 NAACP Image Award nominee, published by Arcade and now being adapted for TV by Just A Rebel Productions. She is the cofounder and president emeritus of the Hurston/Wright Foundation and a veteran teacher of writing. She has served as a member of the faculties of the MFA graduate creative writing programs at George Mason University and Virginia Commonwealth University and in the MA creative writing program at John Hopkins University, and has taught writing internationally to a variety of constituencies. A longtime resident of Washington, DC, she currently lives in Mitchellville, Maryland.