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Check out the mini-documentary about the book party, produced by Aderisa productions.
Woven Studios at The Nest is honored to have planned and produced this Los Angeles celebration of the extraordinary author, Sharon Bridgforth, and her latest body of work -- bull-jean & dem/dey back! We also designed all of the event assets.
The book party was hosted at Navel in Downtown LA, which offered the perfect backdrop to welcome a dynamic cross section of Sharon Bridgforth fans! Guests bought signed copies of several of the author's books, enjoyed readings from bull-jean & dem/dey back by local artists who have been inspired by Sharon's work, went behind the scenes of the author's work through an interview and Q&A led by artist and scholar, Daniel Alexander Jones, and danced together on the dance floor!
Sharon Bridgforth
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“The conditions and offerings (which includes great food and awesome swag) that they create for gatherings fill hearts and rooms with beauty - making all present feel valued, encouraged, honored and connected.”
Inducted in the Texas Institute of Letters in 2025, Sharon Bridgforth is a United States Artists Fellow, winner of Yale's Windham Campbell Prize in Drama, Playwrights’ Center Core Member, McKnight National Fellow and a New Dramatists alumnae. A Doris Duke Performing Artist she has received support from Creative Capital, MAP Fund and the National Performance Network. Sharon is an Associate Company Member at Pillsbury House + Theatre (PHT) in Minneapolis, MN. and has had the privilege of serving as Guest Facility for the Macondo Writers Workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros.
Her work is featured in: Volume 110, No. 4, Winter 2022 of The Yale Review; Teaching Black: The Craft of Teaching on Black Life and Literature; Mouths of Rain an Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought; and Feminist Studies Vol 48 Number 1, honoring 40 years of This Bridge Called by Back and But Some of Us Are Brave! Sharon's bull-jean & dem/dey back and All These Things: A Conversation by Sharon Bridgforth & Daniel Alexander Jones are published by 53rd State Press. AdeRisa Productions produced the 2023 bull-jean & dem/dey back L.A. Book Party Documentary directed by Adelina Anthony. 53rd State Press and The Sledgehammer Series (an imprint of Tripwire Harlot Press) will be releasing publications of Sharon's work in 2025/2026.
