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SUMMARY:Reading for Change
DESCRIPTION:A virtual reading group curated around our Stowe Prize for Literary Activism winners\, shortlist\, and mission-aligned books. \nJoin David Perez DeHoyos from Freedom Reads for a community conversation about 2026 Stowe Prize winning book This Here is Love by Princess Joy L. Perry! \n\n\nFREE\nVirtual – invite friends across the country!\n6:00 – 7:15 PM EST\nNo requirement to read the book beforehand!\nRiverbend Bookshop: Get a 10% discount our Stowe Prize books! Mention us at check-out or use STOWEFORCHANGE for online purchases.\n\n \n\nPrincess Joy L. Perry is the 2026 Stowe Prize for Literary Activism winner\, author of This Here is Love (W.W. Norton & Company\, 2025)\, a powerful historical novel set in the 1690’s that explores love\, resistance\, and the human cost of oppression. Through evocative and unflinching prose\, Perry illuminates the psychological and moral complexities of a society built on bondage\, inviting readers to confront the enduring legacy of injustice while recognizing love as a force of survival\, connection\, and defiance. \n\n\nPrincess Joy L. Perry is the recipient of a Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship and a winner of the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Award. Her short stories have appeared in All About Skin\, African American Review\, and Kweli Journal. Her debut novel\, This Here is Love (W.W. Norton & Company\, 2025)\, was named one of The New York Times 10 Best Historical Novels of 2025\, longlisted for the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize\, selected as a Library Journal Best Book of the Year\, and recognized as a BookBrowse Best Book of the Year. \n\nFacilitator \nDavid Perez DeHoyos serves as a Library Coordinator for Freedom Reads. As Library Coordinator\, David works closely with Department of Corrections leaders and staff to support increased access to the Freedom Library. He holds a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from Central Connecticut State University and a master’s degree in Counseling with a specialization in Higher Education and Student Development. \n David’s professional journey is deeply intertwined with his personal experiences including a period of incarceration. David channels his past experience into positive change\, focusing his work on increasing access to higher education in prisons and bringing awareness to the LGBTQ+ community within the incarcerated population.
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LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Make the World Write!
DESCRIPTION:History is happening before our eyes\, and with our new program\, the Stowe Center wants to give you the space to use your words to make your impact. Make the World Write! allows you to write in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Hartford home. For two hours in Stowe’s parlors\, be with history and let it empower and guide you to write for our times. Be with history. Be a literary activist!   \nFor the best protection and care of the historic items and room you will be writing in: \n\nComputers and pencil are welcome\, please no pens\nBring a sweater\nIf you want complete silence\, we recommend bringing headphones\nBags smaller than 16” x 20” are allowed\nCapped water bottles only\, please leave food outside of our historic house\nAnd please\, don’t touch the objects on display
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LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Make the World Write!
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