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The University of New Orleans Press and Earl K. Long Library will present a lecture on April 29 called “What Langston Did,” featuring author and Runagate Press imprint editor Kalamu ya Salaam, along with UNO Press editor Chelsey Shannon.
Shannon and Salaam will explore Salaam’s latest release, “Cosmic Deputy,” part anthology and part creative treatise, that traces his evolution as a poet and names writer Langston Hughes as one of his most influential mentors. They will discuss the lasting influence, as well as the breadth and depth of Hughes’ accomplishments as a writer.
This free virtual event will stream live at 6 p.m. on the UNO Press’s Facebook page as well as its YouTube channel.
An Evening with Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Skirball presents an online discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, whose book
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, inspired the Skirball s current online exhibition. The conversation and Q&A will be moderated by Eric Liu, co-founder and CEO of Citizen University. Signed books aare available for purchase at bronxriverbooks.com.
Artist Arshile Gorky, pictured here in childhood with his mother, inspired the collaborative film, They Will Take My Island. (Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Tuesday, Jan. 26; 4 p.m. PST
They Will Take My Island
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