The Bookshelf on Church welcomes the public to an Author Talk with Lambda Literary Nonfiction Fellow Nikkya Hargrove, discussing her new memoir, Mama: A Queer Black Woman’s Story of a Family Lost and Found.

This is a ticketed event that will take place from 6-8 p.m. November 8 at 53 West Church Street, Kilmarnock. Tickets are $29 and include a hardcover copy of the book, reported The Bookshelf on Church owner Lisa McLaughlin.
Hargrove spent a good portion of her childhood in prison visiting rooms. When her mother—addicted to cocaine and just out of prison—had a son and then died only a few months later, Nikkya was faced with….







