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Reading Series: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Karen Russell

Oct 7
2020
7:30pm - 8:45pm
100% Virtual Event, via Zoom
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Join us for conversations between the finest writers at work today. Available for live online streaming from anywhere.

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut short story collection, the New York Times bestseller Friday Black, was the most acclaimed book of short fiction of 2018. Adjei-Brenyah’s work has been published in Esquire, Guernica, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. He is the winner of PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. 

Karen Russell is one of the most acclaimed short story writers of her generation. Her novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A winner of the MacArthur “Genius” Grant, her most recent book is the story collection Orange World.


Members of the Tri-Co community: Reserve online for free access to each online event. Visit Bryn Mawr College Bookshop to purchase books accompanied by a signed bookplate from our authors.

Members of the General Public: Access to each online event requires a book purchase from one of the evening’s authors from the Bryn Mawr College Bookshop. All books accompanied by a signed bookplate from our authors.

Discussions moderated by Daniel Torday, Airea Dee Matthews, Emma Copley Eisenberg, and Cynthia Dewi Oka. 

For more information, contact the Arts Office at reservations@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-5300.

Creative Writing Program

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut short story collection is the "New York Times" bestseller "Friday Black." Karen Russell's novel, "Swamplandia!," was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize.
Audience: Public
Type(s): Lecture, Reception

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