Join National Book Award–honored authors Jonathan Escoffery (If I Survive You, 2022 Fiction Longlist) and Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, 2020 Fiction Finalist, and the 2022-2023 Grisham Writer-in Residence) for readings and conversation on making a home for their characters in the South.

Moderated by Jerid P. Woods, also known as Akili Nzuri, a writer, educator, and literary influencer @ablackmanreading.

Presented in partnership with the 29^th Oxford Conference for the Book.

Please RSVP for the welcome lunch, followed by NBF Presents: An Afternoon with the National Book Awards here.