Writers Speak | Raven Leilani in conversation with Jesse McCarthy
Date and Time
November 1, 2023
06:00PM - 06:00PM EDT
Location
Sever Hall, Room 113
WRITERS SPEAK
SPEAKER: Raven Leilani
In conversation with Jesse McCarthy
About the Speakers
Raven Leilani is a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree, the recipient of the 2020 Kirkus Prize, VCU Cabell Prize, NBCC John Leonard Prize, Dylan Thomas Prize, Clark Fiction Prize, and Center for Fiction first novel prize. She teaches at NYU, and Luster is her first novel.
Jesse McCarthy is Assistant Professor of English and of African and African American Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.
About the Series
Writers Speak, a series of literary conversations at the Mahindra Humanities Center, is convened by Duncan White, Associate Director in the Program in General Education and Lecturer in History & Literature at Harvard University.