november, 2022

05nov11:45 amNBF Presents: A Morning with the National Book AwardsPortland Book Festival11:45 am PDT 1111 SW Broadway

Event Details

author photo of poet Shelley Wong (Photo credit: Margarita Corporan)
Shelley Wong (Photo credit: Margarita Corporan)
author photo for Fatimah Ashgar (Photo credit: Mercedes Zapata)
Fatimah Ashgar (Photo credit: Mercedes Zapata)

Ahead of the 73rd National Book Awards, 2022 honorees Fatimah Asghar (When We Were Sisters, Fiction) and Shelley Wong (As She Appears, Poetry) read from and discuss their selected works. Asghar’s debut novel and Wong’s debut poetry collection delve into queerness and freedom, and imagine a new idea of homecoming, across literary genres.

Moderated by writer, editor, and cultural worker Jyothi Natarajan.

Presented in partnership with the Portland Book Festival.

Time

(Saturday) 11:45 am PDT

Location

Portland’5 Winningstad Theatre

1111 SW Broadway

Partner

Portland Book Festival Portland, OR

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