National Book Award finalists Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Alejandro Varela will compare notes on how they linked the past, present, and (hopefully) a better future using poetry, nonfiction and fiction. This session will be presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and moderated by Natalie Green, its program director.
Tickets: | This is a ticketed event. Tickets are not available yet. |
Where: | Modern Languages Room 350 (Seats 318, Wheelchair accessible) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
When: | Sun, Mar 5, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)
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Genre: | National Book Awards |
Moderator: | Natalie Green |
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, a Fulbright scholar, First Jade Nurtured SiHui Female International Poetry Award recipient, recent Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals, Dean's Mellon Professor, and U....
Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her memoir, "The Man Who Could Move Clouds," is a finalist for the National Book Award and named a Best Book of the Year by TIME....
Alejandro Varela’s (he/him) work has appeared in the Point Magazine, Boston Review, Harper’s, and the Offing, among others outlets. Varela is an editor-at-large of Apogee Journal....