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Please join us Monday, April 13, 2026, in Convocation Hall, Room 210 from 5 PM – 7 PM for the Book Release of Dr. Alix Chapman’s new book Raising the Bottom: Bounce Music and Black Queer Performance in Post-Katrina New Orleans (Duke University Press). Presented by the Department of African American Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of Music, Dr. Alix Chapman will be introduced by Dr. Jafari Allen (Columbia University) and in conversation with Dr. Elliott Powell (University of Minnesota) and Dr. Shanya Cordis (Emory University, WGSS). Book sales and author signing will follow the event.