The National Book Foundation returns to Sam Houston State University for the 2020 National Book Awards Festival featuring a cross-genre conversation on storytelling, recognition, and resonating with audiences from Texas to Tennessee with poet Diana Khoi Nguyen (Ghost Of), fiction author Kimberly King Parsons (Black Light: Stories), and Young People’s Literature author Christopher Paul Curtis (The Journey of Little Charlie).

Moderated by Bryan Washington, 5 Under 35 Honoree and author of Lot: Stories.

This program is supported by SHSU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the MFA Program in Creative Writing.