One Book, One District is a community read project hosted by the Woodland Hills School District. This year’s pick is Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. RSVP here!

Friday Black is a piercingly raw story collection; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America. In Friday Black, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage and invigorate you. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations, Adjei-Brenyah reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities of life in this country.

Have you received your copy of Friday Black? FREE copies are available at the Woodland Hills High School main office or at one of our community partners: Braddock Carnegie Library, C.C. Mellor Memorial Library (and their Forest Hills location), or Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale. All copies are free and yours to keep!

Upcoming Events

We are excited to host IN PERSON community book club style discussions of Friday Black. Here are the events we have scheduled – please use the link to RSVP so we know who to expect:

• Tuesday, February 20 from 6-7 PM
  • Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale – RSVP here!
• Wednesday February 21 from 6-7 PM
  • Woodland Hills High School Library Media Center – RSVP here!
• Tuesday, February 27 from 6-7 PM:
  • C.C. Mellor Memorial Library (Edgewood) – RSVP here!
• Wednesday, February 28 from 5:30-6:30 PM
  • Braddock Carnegie Library – RSVP here!

Author Virtual Event

• Tuesday, March 5, the author will interact with us remotely, and the event will be livestreamed on YouTube. To receive date and time, as well as the zoom link, please sign up for the One Book, One District Newsletter!