New York Times Bestselling Author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to Read at SUNY Ulster Stone Ridge Campus Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Herbert H. & Sofia P. Reuner Library Writers Series
October 25, 2022 – Stone Ridge, NY – Join us on Tuesday, November 8 at 1:15 p.m. in the Quimby Theater for the Herbert H. & Sofia P. Reuner Library Writers Series event with author, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
A discussion and interview will be moderated by Dr. Ivan Godfrey, Associate Professor in the Criminal Justice & Human Services department. Adjei-Brenyah will read from some of his works, and participate in a Q&A session with the audience. A book signing will follow and books will be available for sale.
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is the New York Times-bestselling author of Friday Black (Mariner Books, 2018). His debut novel, Chain-Gang All-Stars, is forthcoming in 2023 with Penguin Random House.
Adjei-Brenyah’s books are described by award-winning author, George Saunders as “a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny, yet classical.” And, BuzzFeed writes,
“Reading Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is like being shaken awake. Adjei-Brenyah skewers the ways we brush past racism and injustice, making the absurdity of the rhetoric around both impossible to ignore.”
Adjei-Brenyah was selected by Colson Whitehead as one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” honorees, the winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for Best First Book and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. His work has appeared or is forthcoming from numerous publications, including the New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Literary Hub, the Paris Review, Guernica, and Longreads.
The SUNY Ulster Herbert H. & Sofia P. Reuner Library Writers Series is a special program sponsored by The Ulster Community College Foundation, begun in 1998, that brings renowned writers to campus every fall. This is a truly unique opportunity for SUNY Ulster students and community members to hear award winning authors read from their work.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Register Now.
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