Join us for an evening celebrating the release of Anjali Enjeti's Ballot, which examines the psychological, cultural, and political significance of voting in an increasingly anti-voting climate. She'll be in conversation with Councilmember Eren Brumley. This event is free and open to the public. It takes place in the Decatur Library Auditorium, after the library has closed. Please enter through the Ground Floor of Decatur Library, from the lower level of the parking garage.

About the Book:

Ballot examines the psychological, cultural, and political significance of voting in an increasingly anti-voting climate. Armed with her personal experiences as a poll worker, electoral organizer, and activist, Anjali Enjeti unspools a timely narrative about the precarious state of the ballot during one of the most tumultuous political eras in US history, and recounts the astonishing events leading up to the 2024 presidential election.

Enjeti lays out the growing challenges for voters in battleground states, where rightwing legislatures have introduced staggering numbers of voter suppression bills and redrawn district lines, all to disenfranchise as many Black and other marginalized voters as possible. As her account of the history and stakes of election integrity shows, the aftershocks of the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, have manifested most egregiously on the four corners of the ballot.

About the Author:

Anjali Enjeti is the award-winning author of The Parted Earth and Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change. Her third book, Ballot, describes voting and voting rights from her perspective as a Georgia voter, poll worker, and electoral organizer, who has volunteered for the campaigns of Jon Ossoff, Stacey Abrams, Reverend Raphael Warnock, and others. Her writing has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Harper's Bazaar, and elsewhere. She teaches creative writing in the MFA programs at Antioch University in Los Angeles and Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia.

About the Conversation Partner:

Eren Brumley serves as a councilmember in Roswell, GA. She has been a non-profit volunteer, activist, and poll worker in Fulton County. Originally from Mexico, she has two adult children and lives with her husband and two cats near the Chattahoochee River.