A Conversation with Bernice L. McFadden

Memoir Writing of Ancestral Reverence and Reckoning

Award-Winning Author and Storyteller Bernice L. McFadden discusses her first memoir, "Firstborn Girls." Enter a raffle to get a free copy of the book.

In Partnership with Community Book Center, The REACH Center moderates a conversation with Bernice L. McFadden on Firstborn Girls: A Memoir. 

Mcfadden is a national bestselling, award-winning author celebrated for her richly layered novels that center ancestry, memory, and the enduring strength of Black women. She is the author of Sugar, The Book of Harlan, Praise Song for the Butterflies, and other acclaimed works of fiction. Her writing has earned numerous honors, including the American Book Award and an NAACP Image Award. 

Her most recent publication, Firstborn Girls: A Memoir, is a deeply personal exploration of generational trauma, maternal legacy, and spiritual reckoning that traces her own story alongside the lives of the women who came before her. 

Bernice L. McFadden splits her time between Brooklyn, New York where she was born and raised and New Orleans where she is an Associate Professor of English at Tulane University.

Sponsored by the Friends of the New Orleans Public Library.