Brooklyn Reads: We Are a Haunting with Tyriek White

Writer, musician, and educator Tyriek Rashawn White returns to his hometown for the release of his debut novel, We Are a Haunting, which traces three generations of a working-class Brooklyn family and their inherited ghosts. Set in East New York during the 1980s, the story is told through the perspectives of Key, a doula who cares for local Black women; her mother, Audrey, who is on the verge of losing their public-housing apartment; and Colly, Key’s grieving son, who learns he has inherited the gift of moving between the living and the dead.

Masks are required in the Auditorium and will be available upon arrival.

Tickets are $16 ($30 with a copy of We Are a Haunting). Member tickets are $14 ($28 with a book). Not a Member? Join today!

This program will include ASL interpretation. For access needs, please email us at access@brooklynmuseum.org.

Image caption and credit: Cover, Tyriek Rashawn White, We Are a Haunting (2023). Cover design by Bráulio Amado. (Photo: courtesy of Astra House)