MahoganyBooks is thrilled to host a powerful VIRTUAL conversation with Tricia Hersey, artist, poet, community organizer, theologian, and New York Times Bestselling Author of Rest is Resistance along with fellow New York Times Bestselling author, Cole Arthur Riley. Join us from the comfort of your own home.  Grab a good meal and pull up to your computer and get comfy (only the authors will be visible).

Tricia, affectionately known across the world as the Nap Bishop, is the founder of The Nap Ministry, an organization that examines rest as a form of resistance by curating sacred spaces for the community to rest via Collective Napping Experiences, immersive workshops, performance art installations, and social media. Tricia is a global pioneer and originator of the movement to understand the liberatory power of rest. She is the creator of the Rest is Resistance and Rest as Reparations frameworks. Her research interests include Black liberation theology, womanism, somatics, and cultural trauma. Tricia is a Chicago native and currently lives in South Georgia.

About our conversation host:   Our host for the evening is New York Times bestselling author Cole Arthur Riley. 

Cole Arthur Riley is a writer, poet, and author of This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, Guernica, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. She is the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation, where she serves as Curator.

Please email us at at least 7 days in advance at events@mahoganybooks.com should you need any accommodations to attend this virtual event.

Tricia Hersey discusses We Will Rest! w/Cole Arthur Riley