Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Author Talk with Raphael E. Rogers


The State Library of Massachusetts Author Talks Series is hosting author and professor Raphael Rogers on February 19th. Rogers will be discussing his latest book, Representing Black Girl Magic with Contemporary Picture Books. This new release (February 2025) is available to pre-order and will be coming to the State Library’s collection later this month.

Please join us at noon in our historic reading room or tune in virtually; the event will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel courtesy of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Broadcast Services.

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About the book: Representing Black Girl Magic with Contemporary Picture Books is a tool for educators to bring discussions of race and racism to the classroom. Recent trends in children’s literature have seen a rise in books authored by Black women who are breaking negative stereotypes and writing to celebrate the magic and joy of Black girls. Raphael Rogers compiles the perspectives of over two dozen Black women writers to expound on the importance of this genre in children’s literature and in the classroom.

About the author: Dr. Raphael Rogers is a Professor of Practice in Education at Clark University. Teaching since 2012, Rogers courses include Multicultural Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Racism and Educational Inequality in the Lives of Youth in Urban Schools, Graphic Novels in the Classroom, and more. Rogers holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Clark University, a master's in curriculum and instruction from Northeastern University, and a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is also the author of The Representation of Slavery in Children’s Picture Books: Teaching and Learning About Slavery in K-12 Classrooms (2018). Dr. Rogers is an active collaborator with the Massachusetts Department of Education. For more on Rogers and his work visit his Clark University profile.

As always, this author talk is free and open to all. Assisted listening devices will be made available upon request. If you are able to join us in person for this talk, attendees will be able to participate in a question-and-answer session with the authors. Any questions or concerns, please email us at AuthorTalks.StateLibrary@mass.gov.

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