Building Community Through Literacy: ThickerPlots Book Club Hosts First In-Person Event 

Photo by Mya Grant/The Atlanta Voice What started as a social media page to express her love for books has turned into a literacy hub for people of diverse backgrounds to share theirs. ThickerPlots book club organized their very first event, a book exchange highlighting literacy awareness, community and the love of a good book.  Nahtyka Jolly, originally from Columbus, Georgia, was raised around books. Some of her earliest memories of Christmas and birthday gifts were always books. Along with her mother, Nina Jolly, and older sister Kurstyn Jolly, they spent many weekends and time after school in the library. Reading was such a big pillar in their household that they’d organize family book clubs to talk about the books they liked and didn’t like.& Jolly’s mother stressed the importance of literacy in their family and instilled in her daughters at a young age that knowledge and education can carry you far in life.& “Education is something they can’t take away from you,” says Nina Jolly. “It’ll open doors for you that you wouldn’t expect.”& Jolly would go on to graduate from Clayton State University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in English and communications. After college, she began working...