#  Writers Speak | Raven Leilani in conversation with Jesse McCarthy 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 1, 2023** 

 06:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **Sever Hall, Room 113**  



 

 



 

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##  [WRITERS SPEAK](/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](https://shop.harvard.com/book/9781250798671)* is her first novel.

 [Jesse McCarthy](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/people/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](/writers-speak), a series of literary conversations at the Mahindra Humanities Center, is convened by [Duncan White](https://scholar.harvard.edu/dew/home), Associate Director in the Program in General Education and Lecturer in History & Literature at Harvard University.



 

 



 

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