Join Ebony Walden for an season of storytelling, poetry, travel, and reflection inspired by her memoir Where I’m From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents.
Through vivid stories, photographs, and spoken word, Ebony invites audiences into a journey across the world and into deeper conversations about identity, healing, courage, belonging, and transformation.
Come laugh, reflect, learn, and journey beyond borders.
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday, September 8 – Virtual
Virtual Book Launch Celebration
12:00–1:00 PM ET
Around the World in 80 Photos
A visual storytelling presentation featuring photographs and reflections from Ebony’s journey across five continents, followed by audience Q&A.
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Wednesday, September 9 – Richmond, Va
TBA
7:00 -8:30 PM
The Where I’m From Experience
An immersive multimedia evening blending poetry, storytelling, photography, and video centered on travel, memory, identity, and becoming.
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Friday, September 11 – Charlottesville, VA
New Dominion Bookshop
7:00-8:00 PM
Charlottesville, Virginia
A bookstore reading and conversation exploring solo travel, poetry, transformation, and the search for home.
REGISTER (Pre-order through New Dominion)
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Saturday, September 19 – Washington, DC
Politics and Prose @ Union Market
In conversation with Dr. Robert Patterson
6:00 PM
A conversation on travel, Black identity and memory across borders.
REGISTER (Pre-order through Politics and Prose)
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Wednesday, September 23 – Long Island, NY
Uniondale Public Library
7:00 PM
Ebony returns to her hometown region for an evening of stories, poetry, photographs, and reflections from around the world.
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Thursday, September 24 – Manhattan, NY
Salon hosted by Marci Alboher
7:00 PM
An intimate literary salon exploring reinvention, creativity, travel, and purpose. Email Ebony for details.
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Sunday, September 27 – Brooklyn, NY
Traveling While Black: Black Women on Travel, Identity & Becoming
Cafe con Libros
5:00 PM
In conversation with Brooklyn native Dr. Franny the Traveler, author of Support Black Periodt: A Greenbook to Eliminate Your Ifs, Ands, or Buts and poet Chet’la Sebree, author of Turn (W)here: A Geography of Home, this will be a dynamic conversation centered on Black women, travel, identity, finding home and becoming across borders.
REGISTER (Pre-order through Cafe con Libros)
OCTOBER Saturday, October 10 – Portland, OR
Hosted by Tony Garcia
A community-centered salon featuring stories, poetry, visuals, and reflections on travel and transformation. Email Ebony for details.
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Mississippi Delta + Arkansas – October 23-26
A series of cultural gatherings exploring storytelling and travel through readings and conversation. More details to come…
Clarksdale, MS
Red Panther Brewing Co.
A dynamic conversation with Leonette Henderson on Black identity, freedom, travel and becoming.
Helena-West Helena, AR
Delta Dirt Distillery
A reading and talkback centered on stories exploring what it means to be Traveling While Black across the world.
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NOVEMBER November 4 – Richmond, Virginia
7:00-8:30 PM
Location TBA
Black Women on Becoming: Exploring Identity, Belonging and Finding Home Within
An intimate conversation featuring three Black women authors exploring identity and the lifelong process of becoming ourselves. Ebony will be in conversation with Rev. Dr. Lacette Cross, author of Faithfully Free: A Womanist Journey on Sex, Faith and Becoming and Patricia Bradby Moore, author of Blackiness: Reflections on Race and Ethnicity from a Biracial Millennial.
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November 6–12 – Chicago, IL
(Details TBA)
In conversation with Deborah D. Douglas in collaboration with Cynthia Okechukwu. of Black Girls Reads Chicago, this event will explore Black travel, cultural memory, storytelling, movement, and the transformative power of place.
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Friday, November 13 – Detroit, MI
Source Booksellers
6:30 PM
Eating Around the World: Stories, Culture & Connection
An evening of stories and readings exploring food, memory, hospitality, and cultural connection across the diaspora.
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Sunday, November 15 – Detroit, MI
Private Location
Black Food and Culture Across the Diaspora: Black Beyond Borders Screening
In collaboration with foodie Chi Walker this dynamic evening will feature a screening of Black Beyond Borders Season One: Dakar, Senegal, diasporic bites and conversation celebrating Black life across the African diaspora. Email Ebony for details.
