july, 2019
Writing Womanhood: Nafissa Thompson-Spires and Monica Youn
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Akron Main Library
- 60 S. High Street, Akron, OH
Event Details
Nafissa Thompson-Spires. Photo credit:
Event Details


This summer, the National Book Foundation hits the road for NBF Presents: Summer with the National Book Awards, bringing National Book Awards-honored authors to libraries across the country.
Join us and the Akron-Summit County Public Library for a conversation with fiction writer Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Heads of the Colored People, National Book Award Longlister) and poet Monica Youn (Ignatz, Blackacre, National Book Award Longlister & Finalist) on writing diverse female stories, from girlhood to motherhood, that women can actually see themselves in.

Moderated by Teri Ellen Cross Davis.
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm
Partner
Akron-Summit County Public Library