Revisit this 1946 classic with authors Sapphire (Push), Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts (Harlem is Nowhere), and actress Sonia Manzano (The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano) and other writers explore the gritty, emotional story set in Harlem.  Actress Roslyn Ruff (The Piano Lesson; The Help) will read an excerpt.

“A gripping tale … overflowing with imaginative writing.”- The New York Times

“While Down These Mean Streets and Manchild in the Promise Land showed women’s experience as ancillary at best, The Street put a black woman’s experience, her struggles in the inner city, CENTER! That was important to me.” – Sapphire

“I was encouraged to read The Street as a 17-year-old taking a special summer course on “Geography and Literature” at Cornell University. The professors had a hunch that Ann Petry’s novel would resonate with my interests. They were right: I was captivated, terrified and enchanted — all at once. I was already building the Harlem of my mind through encounters with poetry, photography and art. Reading the The Street added another layer to that personal map, which I later explored when I came to live here and eventually began to write Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America.”  Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts