Join author Nikkya Hargrove in conversation on her searing and uplifting memoir, Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found. In it, Hargrove recounts the events of her life as a young black woman fresh out of college, determined to create the kind of family she never had by adopting her baby brother following the death of her incarcerated mother. Mama is an ode to motherhood and identity, and to finding strength in family and community.
Nikkya Hargrove is a graduate of Bard College and currently serves as a member of the school’s Board of Governors and chair of the alumni/ae Diversity Committee. A LAMBDA Literary Nonfiction Fellow, she has written about adoption, marriage, motherhood, and the prison system for The Washington Post, The Guardian, The New York Times, Scary Mommy, and Shondaland. She has worked for social impact nonprofits providing support to underserved communities throughout her professional career. She lives in Connecticut with her wife and three children.
