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Eat, Drink & Be Literary 2019
Eat, Drink & Be Literary brings major contemporary authors to BAMcafé for intimate readings, engaging discussions, and a festive meal.
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Presented in Partnership with the National Book Foundation
The series for readers, writers, and diners, Eat, Drink & Be Literary brings discourse and insight to the table, creating a shared experience between friends, strangers, and today’s foremost authors in the comfort of BAMcafé. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation, the evening begins with a seasonal, sustainably sourced meal by Great Performances Hospitality Group served with select wines, dessert, and accompanied by live music.
Following dinner, authors read from their work, discuss their inspiration, process, and views with an insightful moderator, and then open up the conversation to the audience before concluding the evening with a book signing.
Past authors have included E. L. Doctorow, Zadie Smith, Chinua Achebe, Jonathan Safran Foer, Lorrie Moore, Walter Mosley, Jonathan Lethem, Maggie Nelson, Nicole Krauss, Claudia Rankine, Jhumpa Lahiri, and many others.
The MacArthur fellow and National Book Award finalist discusses his distinguished career and his work’s particular focus on the experiences of black men in America.
The acclaimed author of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and the recent essay collection Look Alive Out There discusses the art of insightful humor.
The bestselling author of Pachinko talks about the stories that often don’t get told and the process of “creating radical empathy through art.”
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses his seminal explorations of power.