{"product_id":"author-talk-in-hush-to-harbor-with-la-toya-l-scott-july-22-7-pm-cst","title":"AUTHOR TALK: In Hush To Harbor with La-Toya L. Scott - July 22 @ 7 PM CST","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCelebrate the release of\u003cem\u003e In Hush To Harbor \u003c\/em\u003ewith La-Toya L. Scott!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis interactive community book talk includes a conversation and workshop designed to engage participants with the themes and writing in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Hush Harbor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Attendees will have opportunities to reflect on the book, share perspectives, and participate in an open discussion exploring the history and present-day realities of Black safe spaces. Together, neighbors, readers, and curious minds will examine how these spaces have fostered community, resilience, and belonging across generations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEVENT DEETS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen: Wednesday, July 22 @ 6:30 CST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St., HTX, 77004)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRSVP ONLY to reserve your seat or RSVP WITH BOOK to grab your copy of the book, support the author and our store programming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Please note outside copies of the book will not be allowed in the bookstore and you will not be eligible for the signing\/photo line. All tickets are nonrefundable. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Hush to Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e explores the history of how Black people in America have created both virtual and physical sanctuaries to combat white supremacist violence. It offers both a chronicle of survival and a blueprint for sustaining Black refuge in a time of urgent need.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack communities in America have a long history of constructing sanctuaries amid oppression, from the secret hush harbors of slavery to the digital refuges created in response to the resurgence of white supremacist violence in the Trump era. These havens have offered places to grieve and to gather, to imagine freedom when the world denied it, and to practice care and resistance in the face of constant danger. They remind us that even in the darkest moments, Black people have made space to grieve, rest, heal, strategize, and imagine new futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Hush to Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e traces this enduring sanctuary-making through both historical memory and contemporary expression from the legacy of Freedmen’s Towns and Green Books for Motorists in the Jim Crow era as testaments to Black mobility and mutual protection to present-day digital activism and grassroots organizing that reimagine safety in the public sphere. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlending literary criticism, cultural history, and ethnography, Scott demonstrates that sanctuary is not merely a place of retreat but a political and spiritual practice that calls forth a collective act of making space when none is offered. \u003ci\u003eIn Hush to Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e offers not just a chronicle of survival but a blueprint for sustaining Black refuge in a time of urgent need, redefining what it means to be safe in a nation that has never guaranteed safety for Black life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contribBio\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa-Toya L. Scott is Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Culture at Sam Houston State University and founder of the public educational and cultural platform @InHouseScholar. She is the author of In Hush to Harbor: Black Sanctuary from Slavery to Trump's America (Rutgers University Press, July 14, 2026). 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