Parent University: Conversations with Brendan Kiely

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 | 7:00 pm | Melrose High School Learning Common

Please join the Melrose Education Foundation to welcome Brendan Kiely back to his home town. After spending the day engaging with students and teachers at Melrose Middle School and High School, this evening book talk is a great opportunity to hear from Brendan as a community. Community members, parents, caregivers and students are very welcome.

Brendan Kiely is the author of the widely-acclaimed The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege, which Booklist called “A heartfelt, motivating, and necessary call to action." Other books include his most recent novel, Tradition, All American Boys (with Jason Reynolds), The Last True Love Story, and The Gospel of Winter.

Known for his activism around racial justice, feminism, and intersectionality, Kiely, a former high school teacher, is the kind of YA writer who meets young people where they live, and engages them in the most compelling social issues of our time.