The Book Beat hosts Desiree Cooper, editor of the anthology, Black Summers: Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors. Cooper and anthology contributors Cassandra Spratling and Angela Atabex Lugo-Thomas will share their summertime memories of Detroit, and how race continues to shape their experience of the outdoors. The Book Beat’s Nancy Rodwan will be on site to interview the panel, and books will be available for purchase. Here’s the link! The Backroom | May 31: Black Summers at the Oak Park Library