Kaitlyn Greenidge's 'Libertie'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Apr 12, 2021

Kaitlyn Greenidge joins to discuss her highly anticipated second novel, Libertie, set in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn. The novel is partially based on the true story of Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black woman to become a doctor in New York, and her daughter, Anna McKinney, who inspired the novel’s title character.

 

EVENT

The New York Public Library will host a conversation between Greenidge and Edwidge Danticat tonight at 8 PM.

 

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