Author Talk | Anjali Enjeti

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 right-wing 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. Books will be available for sale and signing. Registration is requested. * By registering, you consent to signing up for the monthly Adult Programs newsletter. Anjali Enjeti is a journalist, activist, poll worker, and former attorney based near Atlanta. She is the author of Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change , and The Parted Earth, a novel. Her third book, Ballot , tells the story of voting and voting rights from her perspective as a Georgia voter who volunteered for the campaigns of Jon Ossoff, Stacey Abrams, Reverend Raphael Warnock, and others. Her writing has appeared in The Truthout, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Harper's Bazaar, Oxford American , and elsewhere. She teaches creative writing in the MFA programs at Antioch University in Los Angeles and Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia. Moderator Nneka M. Okona is an Atlanta-based journalist, author and grief worker. Her work focuses on Black history, travel, food and wider Black culture in relation to place. Find Nneka's journalism work in publications like National Geographic,