Brown University

University in Providence, Rhode Island.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Another Brooklyn	Jacqueline Woodson	journey waypoint	August leaves Brooklyn by bus at sixteen/seventeen for college in Providence, studies death and dying, and takes her first lover; later ‘my first year at Brown’ she sees Angela dancing on television.

Another Brooklyn — Jacqueline Woodson (2016)

Source: Another Brooklyn · Readwise highlight

When I stepped off the bus in Providence, Rhode Island, I was alone.

• Role: journey waypoint
• In the book: August leaves Brooklyn by bus at sixteen/seventeen for college in Providence, studies death and dying, and takes her first lover; later ‘my first year at Brown’ she sees Angela dancing on television. Her decades of wandering follow (Wisconsin, Bali, Korea, San Francisco).
• Why it matters: The endpoint of the escape from Bushwick the AP classes were meant to buy; the place she chooses ‘no past’.
• Real vs. fictional: Real; the text names the city and, once, ‘Brown’.