Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 6:00 pm | Hanes House
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Colored Television by Danzy Senna
From the bestselling author of Caucasia, Colored Television explores love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial-identity-industrial complex.
Jane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets, she and her family are living in luxury for a year, house-sitting in the hills above Los Angeles. The gig magically coincides with Jane's sabbatical, giving her the time and space she needs to finish her second novel—a centuries-spanning epic her artist husband dubs her "mulatto War and Peace." Finally, some semblance of stability and success seems to be within her grasp.
But things don't work out quite as hoped. Desperate for a plan B, like countless writers before her Jane turns her gaze to Hollywood. When she finagles a meeting with a producer at a streaming network, he seems excited to work with a "real writer," and together they begin to develop "the Jackie Robinson of biracial comedies." Things finally seem to be going right for Jane—until they go terribly wrong.
Book Club: Far-Flung Corners
Join NCMA Winston-Salem Director Bill Carpenter to discuss six contemporary novels that span the globe while examining how intimacy and connection are formed.
Book club is open to the public – even to those who don't finish the book. Selections range from national bestsellers to experimental novels and the guided discussions cover an array of topics, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development.