Books & Bars: “Chain Gang All-Stars” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

When:
February 25, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
2025-02-25T18:30:00-06:00
2025-02-25T19:30:00-06:00
Where:
Urban Growler
2325 Endicott St
St. Paul
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Alayne Hopkins

Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Tuesday, February 25
6:30 p.m. Discussion

Urban Growler                                                             
2325 Endicott Street
St. Paul

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry.

In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death matches before packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. If all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches. But CAPE’s corporate own­ers will stop at nothing to protect their status quo, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar’s path have devastating consequences.


With The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, moderator Jeff Kamin brings his unique take on a public book club show to Saint Paul. Even if you don’t like the featured book, he “guarantees a good time at our entertaining discussions.” All are welcome to try this moderated reinvention of the book club.