Join us for an evening of inspiration and conversation with two beloved and celebrated poets and authors\, Hanif Abd urraqib and Franny Choi\, as they discuss life\, libraries\, and what driv es their work. \;
\nHanif's latest book\, \;There's Alwa ys This Year: On Basketball and Ascension \;(Penguin Random House \, 2024)\, has been called\, "Lyrically stunning and profoundly moving" -- Kirkus Reviews\, "An exhilarating\, heartfelt\, virtuoso\, and profound p erformance" -- Booklist\, and\, "fat with emotion and love and earnestness and basketball\, four of the very best things\, packaged and delivered in a way that only Hanif can" -- Shea Serrano\, bestselling author of \; Basketball (and Other Things).
\nFranny's latest poetry col lection\, \;The World Keeps Ending\, and the World Goes On \;< /em>(Ecco/HarperCollins\, 2022)\, was named a \;Time's \; "100 Must-Read Books of 2022" and \;Vulture's \;"10 Best Books of 2022\," and has been called\, "A collection that will startle rea ders" -- Library Journal\, and\, "a luminous\, jarring\, and gorgeous gift " -- Mariame Kaba\, author of the NYT bestseller \;We Do This Til We Free Us.
\nHanif and Franny will be signing books following their conversation. Thank you to \;Gramercy Books \;for partn ering with us and making onsite books available for purchase. Purchase you r books ahead of the program\, 10% of online book sales through Gramercy's Centennial Author Series page will be donated to the Bexley Communit y Author Series Fund at the Bexley Community Foundation. \;
\nMa sks are preferred at this event.
\nAbout the Authors:
\nHanif Abdurraqib is a poet\, essayist\, and cu
ltural critic from Columbus\, Ohio. \;His poetry has been published in
\;Muzzle\, Vinyl\, PEN American\, \;and various other journals. H
is essays and music criticism have been published in \;The FADER\, Pit
chfork\, \;The New Yorker\, and \;The New York Times. \;His fi
rst full length poetry collection\, \;The Crown Ain't Worth Much\, \;was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a f
inalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize\, and was nominated for a Hurston-W
right Legacy Award. With Big Lucks\, he released a limited edition chapboo
k\, \;Vintage Sadness\, in summer 2017 (you cannot get it anymore and
he is very sorry.) His first collection of essays\, \;They Can't K
ill Us Until They Kill Us\, was released in winter 2017 by Two Dollar
Radio and was named a book of the year by \;Buzzfeed\, Esquire\, NPR\
, Oprah Magazine\, Paste\, CBC\, The Los Angeles Review\, Pitchfork\,
\;and \;The Chicago Tribune\, among others. \;He released \;
Franny \;Choi \;is a poet and essayist. Their books include&nbs p\;The World Keeps Ending\, and the World Goes On \;(Ecco/Har perCollins\, 2022)\, \;Soft Science \;(Alice James Books\ , 2019)\, and \;Floating\, Brilliant\, Gone \;(Write Bloo dy Publishing\, 2014). Their writing has appeared in the \;New Yor k Times\, the \;Atlantic\, the \;Paris Review\, and elsewhere. A recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rose nberg Fellowship\, Princeton&rsquo\;s Holmes National Poetry Prize\, and t he Elgin Award\, \;Franny \;is Faculty in Literature at Bennington College and the founder of the Brew &\; Forge writer\, artist\, and or ganizer collective. They are at work on an essay collection about \;As ian \;robot \;women\, forthcoming from Ecco.
\nRegis tration required. Join us in person\, or live stream this \;program&nb sp\;on \;BexleyLibrary.org/TV.
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