Queen Sugar with Natalie Baszile
Natalie Baszile is the author of the novel Queen Sugar which was adapted for seven television seasons and nominated for an NAACP Image Award. She has a M.A. in Afro-American Studies from UCLA, and an MFA from Warren Wilson College's MFA Program for Writers.
Join us as we discuss Natalie Baszile's debut novel, Queen Sugar, a mother-daughter story of reinvention -- about an African American woman who unexpectedly inherits a sugarcane farm in Louisiana -- as well as her newest non-fiction book, We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land & Legacy, where she brings together essays, poems, conversations, portraits, and first-person narratives to tell the story of Black people's connection to the land from Emancipation to the present.
This event is free and open to the public.
Contact Cindy Espineli for more information: cespineli@sandiego.edu.
Parking is available in the USD West Parking Lot.
- Date:
- Monday, February 23, 2026
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Presenter:
- Natalie Baszile
- Location:
- University of San Diego's Copley Library - Mother Hill Reading Room
Parking: Park in the West Parking Structure (Marian Way and Linda Vista Road) and take the tram up the hill to Copley Library. Payment is required Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:00 am - 7:00 pm. When paying for parking, you will need to enter your license plate number at a pay station. Please allow sufficient time for the tram. You may experience wait times from 9-15 minutes.