Hopkinson reading @ 57th St Books

Acclaimed novelist Nalo Hopkinson will read from her new novel,

The Salt Roads

. "When three Caribbean slave women gather one night to bury a stillborn baby, their collected mournings give birth to a new deity. Ezili, the new goddess of sexual desire and love, is then launched on a mystical, lyrical, and funny journey to figure out the extent of her powers and how to use them. Ezili inhabits the bodies of women throughout history, including a poet's mistress, a prostitute turned saint, and a healer turned revolutionary." Monday, November 17th, 2003 at 7 pm at 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th Street