Angela Jackson-Brown Book Launch
Join us to celebrate the launch of Angela Jackson-Brown's Untethered. Angela will be in conversation with Ashley M. Jones, Poet Laureate of Alabama (2022-2026).
- Friday, January 31 at 6:00pm
- Homewood location
- Ticket only and tickets including the book are available. Books will also be available for purchase at the event.
About the Book
Untethered is set in 1967 in Troy, Alabama, and follows the life of Katia Daniels, a caretaker at the Pike County Group Home for Negro Boys. As Katia navigates her professional and personal responsibilities, she must come to terms with her family’s legacy, including her twin brother’s disappearance in the Vietnam War. When someone from her past reenters her life, she is forced to contemplate whether she will continue to live for others or begin to make choices for herself—set against the backdrop of the rapidly changing South.
About the Author
Angela Jackson-Brown is an award-winning writer, poet and playwright who is an Associate Professor in the creative writing program at Indiana University in Bloomington. She also teaches in the graduate program at the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University in Louisville, KY. She is the author of Drinking From a Bitter Cup, House Repairs, When Stars Rain Down, The Light Always Break, Homeward, and now, the recently published novel, Untethered. When Stars Rain Down was named a finalist for the 2021 David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction, longlisted for the Granum Foundation Award, and shortlisted for the 2022 Indiana Authors Award. Her book of poetry, House Repairs, was named the 2021 Alabama Library Association Poetry Award. Angela’s novel, Homeward, was recently short-listed for the 2024 Indiana Authors Award.
About the Moderator
Ashley M. Jones is the Poet Laureate of Alabama (2022-2026). She is the first person of color and youngest to hold this position (which was created in 1930) in Alabama's history. Jones is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Lullaby for the Grieving. She is the co-editor of WHAT THINGS COST: An Anthology for the People, and she has earned fellowships and awards from many organizations, including the Academy of American Poets, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. Her work has been featured by CNN, The BBC, Good Morning America, ABC News, and the New York Times. Jones is an educator, and she is the executive director of the Magic City Poetry Festival.