Book Club: 'The Sisterhood' Third Session
The Bronx Museum is proud to partner with the Literary Freedom Project‘s One Book, One Bronx initiative for this program:
The Sisterhood Book Club First Session:
Chapters Four – Six (Pages 105–171)
Sunday, December 7
12:00 – 1:30 PM
In-Person at The Bronx Museum*
(1040 Grand Concourse)
FREE! Please Register
BOOK CLUB FULL SCHEDULE*
Free Book Giveaway:
Saturday, November 29 • 12:00 – 1:30 PM
First Session:
Sunday, December 7 • 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Second Session:
Saturday, December 13 • 12:00 – 130 PM
Third Session:
Saturday, December 20, 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Final Session:
Saturday, December 27 • 12:00 – 1:30 PM
*There is also a virtual Book Club via Zoom on Tuesdays, December 2 – 23, from 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Learn More & Register>>
Top Image: “The Sisterhood, 1977,” Vertamae Grosvenor, Alice Walker, Lori Sharpe, Toni Morrison, June Jordan, Nana Maynard, Ntozake Shange, and Audreen Ballard. Box 184, Folder 12. MC 1061 Alice Walker Papers. Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Reprinted by permission of The Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc.; Courtesy of Alice Walker (By permission of The Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc.; Courtesy of Alice Walker)
About The Book
The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture by Courtney Thorsson
One Sunday afternoon in February 1977, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and several other Black women writers met at June Jordan’s Brooklyn apartment to eat gumbo, drink champagne, and talk about their work. Calling themselves “The Sisterhood,” the group—which also came to include Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall, Margo Jefferson, and others—would get together once a month over the next two years, creating a vital space for Black women to discuss literature and liberation.
The Sisterhood chronicles how a groundbreaking community reshaped American writing and cultural institutions. Drawing on interviews, correspondence, and archival materials, Courtney Thorsson reveals how the group championed Black women writers at publishers, magazines, and in academia, often facing racist, sexist, and homophobic resistance. She examines their rise in the 1980s, the challenges of Black feminism’s integration into academia, and the legacy carried forward by younger writers. The book celebrates the organizing, networking, and community building that made The Sisterhood a lasting model for Black feminist collaboration.
About One Book One Bronx
One Book One Bronx hosts weekly restorative conversations on topics such as gentrification, social justice, women’s empowerment, criminal justice, and racial inequality. The discussions are reflective of the borough’s racial, economic, and gender demographics, and aim to build bridges for engagement while reigniting a passion for reading.
