BABEL | Imani Perry

Just Buffalo Literary Center presents BABEL featuring Imani Perry Thursday, April 23, 2026 7:30 pm Doors open & VIP Patron Reception at 6:30 p.m. Join Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL Author Series for an evening with Imani Perry MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow Imani Perry was instilled from an early age with a strong instinct for justice and progressive change. The rich interplay between history, race, law, and culture continues to inform her work as a critically-acclaimed author and professor of studies of women, gender and sexuality and of African and African American studies at Harvard University. Her latest book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, is a surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue and its fascinating role in Black history and culture from indigo to Louis Armstrong and beyond. Season subscriptions include a ticket for all (4) of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL 2025-26 events, on sale now!