Mateo Askaripour

Andrew "FifthGod" Askaripour

Appearing Courtesy of Sandy & Jim Rothschild

Mateo Askaripour was a 2018 Rhode Island Writers Colony writer-in-residence, and his writing has appeared in Entrepreneur, Lit Hub, Catapult, The Rumpus, Medium and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn, and his favorite pastimes include bingeing music videos and movie trailers, drinking yerba mate and dancing in his apartment. "Black Buck" is his debut novel.

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The Humanizing Power of Humor

Authors Bryan Washington and Mateo Askaripour will discuss the unforgettable characters they introduced in their best-selling books, and why humor was so effective in making them so human.

Marshall Foundation Stage (Seats 1000)
Sat, Mar 6, 2021, 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Fiction / Literature
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Panelists: Mateo Askaripour, Bryan Washington
Moderator: Jessica Braithwaite