Meet Our Contributors: Sistahs' Book Club of San Diego

The Sistahs' Book Club of San Diego, pictured here at Ruth Bridges' Literary Event. The members pictured in the back row include from left to right: Adrienne White, Felicia Haury, Beatrice Lee, Barbara Richardson, Irene Chatman, Jane Curry-Lee and Pauline Berryman. The authors seated in the front row are from left to right: Yolanda Joe, Lori Bryant-Woolridge & Michelle McGriff.

The Sistahs’ Book Club of San Diego is composed of African American women who support African American Authors and Book Sellers. The members have read seventy-five published authors since the book club began in November of 1998. The club has hosted two authors, Michelle McGriff, author of For Loves Sake in 2002, and Shaunelle Curry, author of Shairi’s Journey, in 2003. There is a newly formed branch of the Sistahs' Book Club in the Inland Empire.

We meet once each month to discuss our monthly book selection, enjoy food and comradery. As a group we enjoy plays, special events and trips. We celebrated the book clubs’ sixth anniversary in Phoenix, Arizona at Ruth Bridges’ Literary Event where we met and enjoyed the authors, Yolanda Joe, Lori Bryant Woolridge and Michelle McGriff.