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Arlington Reads 2015: Jesmyn Ward and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Two Remarkable Young Writers on Being Black in America

This year, Arlington Public Library’s annual one-theme, one-community read focuses on race in America, as seen through the works of Jesmyn Ward and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – one born in the United States and the other who still calls Africa home.
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On Wednesday, April 8, Ward, a National Book Award winner, will discuss her acclaimed “Men We Reaped” at Central Library.

The 2013 memoir focuses on five young black men lost to drugs, accidents, murder and suicide in her small hometown of DeLisle, Miss. The dead include her younger brother, killed by a drunk driver. “Time” magazine says “Men We Reaped” is “[l]avishly endowed with literary craft and hard-earned wisdom.” Ward is an English professor at Tulane University.

On Thursday, May 7, MacArthur Fellow and featured fiction writer Adichie discusses her third novel, the funny, intergenerational “Americanah” at Central Library.

It’s the story of a Nigerian college student who rises to blogger fame describing what she calls the “Racial Disorder Syndrome” of her new American life. The New York Times named “Americanah” one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 and the Boston Globe called it “utterly transfixing… [u]nforgettable.” Adichie can be heard reading her essay “We Should All Be Feminists” on the recent Beyoncé track, “Flawless.”

Following news headlines from Ferguson, Mo., New York, Cleveland and other cities in 2014, the social media hashtag “#Blacklivesmatter” was named Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society.

 

Arlington Reads 2015 author events are free and begin at 7 p.m. in Arlington Central Library Auditorium, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, Va. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

February 24, 2015 by Web Editor

Filed Under: Arlington Reads, Authors, News

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  1. J Rose says

    February 25, 2015 at 5:20 pm

    Where (i.e. which library branch) are these events taking place?

    • Web Editor says

      February 25, 2015 at 6:14 pm

      Our apologies – both authors will speak at Central Library (we’ve now added that info to the post).

  2. Nancy says

    April 10, 2015 at 4:27 pm

    Do attendees have to have Arlington Public Library cards? I live in DC but would love to attend

    • Web Editor says

      April 12, 2015 at 7:35 pm

      Hi Nancy,

      You do not have to be an Arlington resident to attend – all are welcome!

  3. Camille says

    April 21, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    Is this event ticketed? Is there a way to make a reservation?

    • Web Editor says

      April 21, 2015 at 9:39 pm

      Hi Camille,

      This event is not ticketed – seating is on a first-come, first-served basis until seating capacity is reached.

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