February 15 – Bridgett M. Davis on her memoir, “The World According to Fannie Davis”
BRIDGETT M DAVIS ON “THE WORLD ACCORDING TO FANNIE DAVIS: MY MOTHER’S LIFE IN THE DETROIT NUMBERS” IN CONVERSATION WITH FARAH JASMINE GRIFFIN
Bridgett M. Davis’ debut novel, Shifting Through Neutral, was a finalist for the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award. Into The Go-Slow, her second novel, was selected as a best book of 2014 by Salon, The San Francisco Chronicle, BookRiot, Bustle and The Root, among others. Time Out New York named Davis one of “10 New York Authors to Read Right Now.” She is also writer/director of the critically acclaimed, award-winning film Naked Acts.
Farah Jasmine Griffin is the William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies at Columbia University, and author of Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II, among other works.
Both authors will be signing copies of their books, which will be on sale after the event.
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Room 1201 | Elebash Recital Hall | Admission:
Leon Levy Center for Biography
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