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Eat, Drink & Be Literary 2020
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, Robert A. Caro, and many others.
Author of the acclaimed poetry collection Deaf Republic. “I don’t write in a language in which I have ever heard lullabies as a child. My English is the world I make as I go.”
Author of The House of Broken Angels and The Devil’s Highway. “As a writer, I am drawn to the liminal space—the human borders which divide us all.”
Celebrated novelist and author of The Friend. “How lucky to have discovered that writing books made the miraculous possible, to be removed from the world and to be a part of the world at the same time.”
Author of the New York Times bestselling novel An American Marriage. “I am deeply committed to the modern Southern story. This is what I do. It’s my contribution. I think of these books as love letters.”
