More about the Author: Tananarive Due \;is an \;Amer ican Book Award and NAACP Image Award\;&ndash\;winning author\, who wa s an executive producer on \;Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror&n bsp\;for Shudder and teaches Afrofuturism and Black Horror at UCLA. Due is the author of several novels and two short story collections\, \;Ghost Summer: Stories \; and \;The Wishing Pool a nd Other Stories. Her most recent novel \;The Reformatory\, \;is a \;Los Angeles T imes \;Book Prize Winner and a \;New York Times \;Notable Book and delves into haunting historical fiction\, shedding light on the trage dies of the infamous Dozier School for Boys. She is also coauthor of a civ il rights memoir\, \;Fre edom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights \;(with her late mother\, Patricia Stephens Due). \; \;&n bsp\;
\nThis Lit Chat Interview is a 60-minute program consisting of a 40-minute conversation between author Tananarive Due and interviewer fo llowed by 20 minutes of audience Q&\;A. A book signing will follow with books available from The Li terary Lounge. Books can be pre-ordered on their site and picked up at the program.
\nThis program is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
\nDid you know that all of our Lit Chat authors' books count to ward your Jax Stacks Reading Challenge completion? Find out what other authors we're hosting this year and join in the fun! \;
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\n1. Seating for the program will begin at 1:30 pm.
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\n3. Waitlisted attendees and wal k-ins will be seated if seats are available. There may be a short wait as registered customers are seated.
\n4. All registered seats will be f orfeited at 1:55 pm and made available to waitlisted and walk-in attendees . Registered attendees arriving after this time will be seated if seats ar e available.
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