Oct 17, 2023, 6:30pm
Organizer
Contemporary Writers Series
Location
Montante Cultural Center
Clint Smith was born and raised in New Orleans and earned a B.A. in English from Davidson College and Ph.D. in education from Harvard. He is the author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, a #1 New York Times bestseller and a 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award winner for nonfiction, and two poetry collections: Counting Descent and Above Ground. His essays, poems, and scholarly writing have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. Currently he is a staff writer at The Atlantic.
- Limited seating, first come, first served: doors open at 6:30 PM.
- Q and A session and reception will follow the reading.
- To watch a livestream, email series coordinator Mick Cochrane, @email: he will email you a link.