Events Calendar

What do books that investigate bodies, Blackness, the judicial system, and the end of the world have in common? Join 2020 National Book Award–honored authors Rumaan Alam (Leave the World Behind, Finalist, Fiction), Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (Travesty Generator, Longlist, Poetry), Michelle Bowdler (Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto, Longlist, Nonfiction), and Candice Iloh (Every Body Looking, Finalist, Young People’s Literature) for a cross-genre conversation on the intersections of contemporary literature, recognition, and community—behind and beyond computer screens.

Moderated by Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, and presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Join National Book Award–honored authors Hanif Abdurraqib (Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, 2019 Nonfiction Longlist) and Jason Reynolds (Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, 2019 Young People’s Literature Finalist; Long Way Down, 2017 Young People’s Literature Longlist; Ghost, 2017 Young People’s Literature Finalist) in conversation on the place of books in American culture and reaching readers nationwide. Presented in partnership with Flyover Fest.

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