Authors in Conversation
THE THREE MOTHERS: Anna Malaika Tubbs in Conversation with author Julie Lyt
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Jan 26, 2021
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Debut author Anna Malaika Tubbs (THE THREE MOTHERS) will be in conversation with Julie Lythcott Haims as she introduces readers to Alberta King, Berdis Baldwin and Louise Little, three Black women born at the beginning of the 20th century.

Much has been written about their famous sons, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Precious little has been written about the women themselves, their families and early childhoods, the men they loved and lost, the joys and pains of raising their children in a cruel and violent country, and the resilience and the resistance of being black women in America. THE THREE MOTHERS represent a piece of history left untold and a celebration of Black motherhood long overdue.

This virtual event is produced by booksellers for booksellers, patrons and the general public days before the start of Black History Month. The program is presented in collaboration with the Mosaic Committee of the California Independent Booksellers Association (CALIBA), The Salt Eaters Bookshop, Underground Books, Flatiron Books, and Cafe Con Libros.

The Three Mothers is available for pre-order through the MoAD Online Bookstore.

https://store.moadsf.org/products/the-three-mothers

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Anna Malika Tubbs is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Cambridge University, where she also earned an MA in Multidisciplinary Gender Studies. Her undergraduate degree in Anthropology is from Stanford University. A passionate writer and speaker on issues of gender and race, Anna is an educator and a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant.

Anna has written for For Harriet, Darling Magazine, Huffington Post, and Blavity. As the first partner of Stockton, California (2016–2020), she co-authored the first Report on the Status of Women in Stockton. Anna was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and spent her childhood in Dubai, Estonia, Sweden, Mexico, and Azerbaijan.

She lives in Northern California with her husband Michael and their son Michael Malakai.

Julie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult. Her TED Talk on the subject has more than 5 million views, and in 2020 she became a regular contributor on CBS This Morning on parenting.

Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose-poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. A third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, will be out in April 2021.  Julie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her partner of over thirty years, their young adults, and her mother.

The program is presented in collaboration with the Mosaic Committee of the California Independent Booksellers Association (CALIBA), The Salt Eaters Bookshop, Underground Books, and Flatiron Books.

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