Open Book Premieres May 11th

Open Book TV: Suheir Hammad from Open Book TV on Vimeo.

Open Book premieres May 11th at 8:30pm EST and May 13th at 11:30pm EST, nationally on LinkTV (DirectTV ch. 375, Dish Network ch. 9014, and cable channels nationally. To find where Link broadcasts on your dial, see linktv.org/reception

Open Book is a new show about books, focusing on a single spot on Earth in each episode to introduce you to the writers and other storytellers– —musicians, actors, poets and more– —whose work reminds us we’’re all connected through the stories we have to tell and the communities we inhabit.

In the premiere episode, we visit Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, a neighborhood with a rich cultural heritage, to meet some of the writers and artists who live there including former child soldier Ishmael Beah, award-winning novelist Jennifer Egan, legendary jazz musician Bill Lee, Walt Whitman devotee Daryl Blaine Ford, creative genius Carl Hancock Rux, Def Jam poet Suheir Hammad, singer Nucomme, and star of stage and screen, actor Jeffrey Wright.