# J. Vanessa Lyon: Blackness Thirteen Ways w/ Margo Jefferson & Elizabeth Kendall

J. Vanessa Lyon: Blackness Thirteen Ways w/ Margo Jefferson & Elizabeth Kendall at Books Are Magic, Friday 13 November 2026, 19:00.

- Venue: Books Are Magic, Smith Street 225, 11231 Brooklyn
- With: Margo Jefferson, Elizabeth Kendall
- Go to page: https://www.booksaremagic.net/

A book event at the bookstore Books Are Magic in Brooklyn. J. Vanessa Lyon presents her book Blackness Thirteen Ways in conversation with Margo Jefferson and Elizabeth Kendall.

## Dates

- Friday 13 November 19:00 — Books Are Magic

Written by a model, sources: [booksaremagic.net](https://www.booksaremagic.net/)

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