“Ijeoma Oluo at Madison Public Library Central” will take place Wednesday, June 20, 7-8:30 p.m. at Madison Public Library, 201 W Mifflin St.

A Room of One’s Own will be on hand with copies of Ijeoma Oluo’s important book, “So You Want to Talk About Race.”

Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer, speaker and internet yeller. Her work on social issues such as race and gender has been published in The Guardian, The Stranger, Washington Post, ELLE Magazine, NBC News and more. She has been the Editor at Large at The Establishment since 2015. Her NYT bestselling first book, “So You Want to Talk about Race,” was released January 2018 with Seal Press. Ijeoma was named one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Seattle by Seattle Met, one of The Root’s 100 Most Influential Americans in 2017, and is the recipient of the Feminist Humanist Award 2017 by the American Humanist Association