The cover of a book, titled, The Sweet Flypaper of Life.

The Sweet Flypaper of Life, Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes

March 19, 2019

February 25, 2019

Join Sherry Turner DeCarava for an evening celebrating The Sweet Flypaper of Life. A collaboration between artist Roy DeCarava and writer Langston Hughes that was first published in 1955, the book captures daily life in Harlem through a combination of words and pictures. Widely considered a classic of photographic visual literature, The Sweet Flypaper of Life was reprinted by public demand several times. This fourth printing is the first authorized English-language edition since 1983, and includes an afterword by the publisher, Sherry Turner DeCarava, tracing the history and continuing importance of the publication.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7 PM New York | Shakespeare & Co., 2020 Broadway

Image: The Sweet Flypaper of Life. Photo by Kyle Knodell

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A silver gelatin print by Roy DeCarava, titled Curved branch, dated 1994.

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“Mississippi Freedom Marcher, Washington, D.C., 1963 has the weight of a monument."
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"A world that is melodramatic, joyful and heartbreaking all at the same time"
A spread from The Sweet Flypaper of Live, by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes.

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