Join National Book Award finalists Toluse Olorunnipa, Robert Samuel and Jamil Jan Kochai for a cross-genre conversation on capturing the stories that haunt us. This session is being presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and will be moderated by Natalie Green, the foundation's director of programs.
Tickets: | This is a ticketed event. Tickets are not available yet. |
Where: | Koffler Room 204 (Seats 300, Wheelchair accessible) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
When: | Sat, Mar 4, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)
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Genre: | National Book Awards |
Moderator: | Natalie Green |
Jamil Jan Kochai is the author of "The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories," a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. His novel "99 Nights in Logar" was a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature....
Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa is the White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post, and the co-author of "His Name is George Floyd." Covering three presidents, he has reported from five continents with the president's press corps....
Robert Samuels is a national enterprise reporter for The Washington Post who focuses on politics, policy and the American identity. He co-authored "His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice....