NBF Presents: Rewriting American Memory
Channel: National Book Foundation
Date: 2022-08-07

Through short stories, novels, nonfiction, and poetry, National Book Award–honored authors Kali Fajardo-Anstine (SABRINA & CORINA, 2019 Fiction Finalist) and Clint Smith (HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: A RECKONING WITH THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY ACROSS AMERICA, 2021 Nonfiction Longlist) depict intergenerational stories of Indigenous, Latinx, and Black Americans. Join the authors for a conversation on the convergences and divergences of re-writing shared memory across genres. Moderated by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author and Associate Professor at American University.

Presented in partnership with the Delaware Art Museum and Brevity Bookspace, and supported by the Mellon Foundation.

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