SJC ANNOUNCES SPRING BROOKLYN VOICES LECTURE SERIES

February 09, 2022 BK

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – February 9, 2022 – St. Joseph’s College (SJC), in partnership with Greenlight Bookstore, is pleased to announce that it will welcome distinguished authors to SJC Brooklyn for the Spring 2022 Brooklyn Voices lecture series. 

"We couldn't ask for a more compelling slate of writers to mark the return of the Brooklyn Voices series to campus," said Phillip Dehne, Ph.D, executive dean and professor of history at SJC Brooklyn. "With old friends of Brooklyn Voices and the opportunity to welcome new audiences and writers to our campus for the first time as they premiere their new books, this iteration of our partnership will make an invaluable contribution to the literary and artistic life of Brooklyn.”

The Spring 2022 Brooklyn Voices schedule will include:

  • Marlon James: Moon Witch, Spider King, in conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald, on Tuesday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $35.
  • Jennifer Egan: The Candy House, in conversation with Susan Choi, on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $32.
  • Emily St. John Mandel: Sea of Tranquility, in conversation with Adrienne Westerfield on Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $32.

Each Brooklyn Voices event requires a ticket for admission and includes a copy of the featured book. Proof of full vaccination is required for entry and mask-wearing is required during the event. Tickets are available online before the event or at the door while supplies last. Signed books are available at each event. Click here for details and updates. 

For more information, contact Michael Banach at 718.940.5584 or [email protected].

About Brooklyn Voices
Created in collaboration with Greenlight Bookstore, the aim of the Brooklyn Voices series is to promote and enhance the creative vitality of our home neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill by providing local writers, artists, and intellectuals with a forum in which to discuss and present their works to our neighbors, patrons, and students. Through lectures, forums, performances, and public discussion, Brooklyn Voices seeks to make a meaningful contribution to the thriving intellectual culture of the neighborhood and ensure that our community remains a stimulating place in which to live, learn, and do business.

About St. Joseph’s College
St. Joseph’s College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility and service. Through SJC Brooklyn, SJC Long Island and SJC Online, the College offers degrees in more than 60 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs.