Eat, Drink, and Be From Mississippi: A Novel

- Good evening everyone. And welcome. My name is Molly Silberberg and I run BAM's Humanities Programming. Thank you all for joining us. Welcome to our 17th season of Eat, Drink & Be Literary. Over the years it's been a joy to come together to celebrate the work and careers of some of today's leading literary voices. While we had to postpone most of last season's programming we're grateful to be able to at long last welcome Tayari Jones to BAM and to Eat, Drink and Be Literary. It's also a pleasure to welcome back long time series moderator, Deborah Treisman. Before I go any further, I want to acknowledge the land that I am on today and on which BAM's physical buildings are located, which is the unceded land of the Lenape people. I acknowledge Indigenous stewardship of this land, and honor the Lenape elders past and present as well as future generations. I also want to acknowledge the mo