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"Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice."

Appiah, Kwame A. New York Times (1923-), Aug 12 2018, p. 2. ProQuest.
Note: PEA Credentials needed for access.

"MIT grad student Joy Buolamwini was working with facial analysis software when she noticed a problem: the software didn't detect her face -- because the people who coded the algorithm hadn't taught it to identify a broad range of skin tones and facial structures. Now she's on a mission to fight bias in machine learning, a phenomenon she calls the 'coded gaze.' It's an eye-opening talk about the need for accountability in coding ... as algorithms take over more and more aspects of our lives."

Award-winning author Kathryn Ma discusses her new book, The Chinese Groove, in conversation with Julia Flynn Siler, the author of The White Devil's Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown.

John Murillo reads “On Metaphor” from his poetry collection Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry, published in March 2020 by Four Way Books. Recorded by Poets & Writers magazine.

In this installment of the Poets House Presents video series, John Murillo reads two poems from his latest poetry collection, Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry (Four Way Books, 2020). Recorded in his home in East Flatbush, Brooklyn on September 2020.

John Murillo Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry Release. Facebook live Event for Bowery Poetry, June 2020. Hosted by Mahogany L. Browne. With special guests Aracelis Girmay, Willie Perdomo, Patrick Rosal, Nicole Sealey, and Patricia Smith.

Elizabeth Acevedo—the bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X—took Epic Reads behind the scenes to see what it was like recording the audiobook for With the Fire on High.

Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books in Philadelphia welcomed author Elizabeth Acevedo for a book talk and signing of her second novel, With The Fire On High.

All Arts video interview and Q&A (text)

A collection of selected videos, reading events, etc. from Nguyen’s site.

PBS News Hour's Jeffrey Brown speaks with Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen about his book "The Refugees."