Faith Adiele
just your typical nigerian * nordic *
american girl (yeah, i was obama first)
who writes * speaks * teaches * travels
(oh yeah, i was also thailand's first
black buddhist nun)
know a litwe more about you.
Embrace Furiously This Burning World: Writers Reckon with Now
Sun, Jun 01
|Bart Plaza Stage
11th Annual Bay Area Book Festival (May 31-June 1, 2025): Taking inspiration from Barry Lopez’s urgent call, this event features CCA faculty confronting the crises and transformations defining our moment.


Time & Location
Jun 01, 2025, 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM PDT
Bart Plaza Stage, 2170 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704
About the event
Working across fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, CCA faculty members Faith Adiele, Zeina Hashem Beck, Jasmin Darznik, Yalitza Ferreras, and Aimee Phan will read fresh work that explores such crises as climate change, political instability, and social justice movements and engages with the present by bearing witness, interrogating systems, and imagining new futures through the lens of literature. This theme feels especially resonant with the Bay Area’s legacy of radical art and activism, while also spotlighting the bold, genre-crossing work happening in our communities. Learn more HERE.