september, 2019
Event Details
Event Details




Join four acclaimed authors honored by the 2018 National Book Awards for an engaging discussion on craft, recognition, and the vital importance of literature. Featuring writers working widely across subject and genre, the panel includes translator Jennifer Croft (Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, Finalist, Translated Literature), Victoria Johnson (American Eden, Finalist, Nonfiction), Raquel Salas Rivera (lo terciario / the tertiary, Longlist, Poetry), and Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Heads of the Colored People, Longlist, Fiction).
Moderated by Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.
* Your festival program will be followed by a half-hour book signing.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm
Location
BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY
128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY
Partner
Brooklyn Book Festival, Inc. and Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Council