Word Up welcomes debut author Camille U. Adams as she presents How to Be Unmothered: A Trinidadian Memoir, in which she gives a breathtaking account of survival and self-determination, reimagining the meaning of escape, its cost, and what comes after. In conversation with Adams will be Jaquira Díaz, author of Ordinary Girls: A Memoir.

Together, they will discuss themes of resilience and identity and mapping the fault lines between mother and child (humanity’s first and supposedly strongest bond). With a poet’s Homeric vision of her native Trinidad, Adams’ astonishing debut weaves the Caribbean island’s history of colonial violence with her own family’s legacy of abandonment.

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 30 max attendees. Please register in advance.

In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees for this event must wear a mask inside.

Word Up Community Bookshop is located at 2113 Amsterdam Ave. (& 165th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 168th St and the A/C train to 163rd or 168th  St.