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Michael Twitty author visit.
Join award-winning author Michael Twitty as he traces his journey to discover his own family story through food. Michael traced his family history through Southern and American Food and back to his family’s origins in West and Central Africa.
The renowned culinary historian offers a fresh perspective on our most divisive cultural issue, race, in his illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry—both black and white—through food, from Africa to America and slavery to freedom.
The Main Library is located in the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library in downtown Columbus at 536 Fifth Street. Completed in 1969 and designed by architect I.M. Pei, it features library collections for children, teens, and adults. It also houses the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives, Family and Local History collection, and BCPL Create studio.