Our original series of personal nonfiction The Face has launched to applause! Alternately philosophical, funny, personal, political, and poetic, these short memoirs by Ruth Ozeki, Chris Abani, and Tash Aw offer unique perspectives on race, culture, identity, and the human experience. Check out excerpts in of Tash Aw's book in The New Yorker, of Chris Abani's in Warscapes, and of Ruth Ozeki's on Literary Hub, and reviews of all three books in The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Kirkus, and more to come. Be sure to catch the authors in person at these live events, below!
Buy Ruth Ozeki's The Face: A Time Code from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | Kobo | IndieBound
Buy Chris Abani's The Face: Cartography of the Void from: Amazon | iTunes | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | IndieBound
Buy Tash Aw's The Face: Strangers on a Pier from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound
Author Tour and Events:
February 24: Chris Abani at Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
March 1: Chris Abani with Yusef Komunyakaa at Global Poetry Spring Reading at NYU (New York, NY)
March 3 - 5: Ruth Ozeki at Whatcom Reads (Bellingham, WA)
March 31: Tash Aw at the Select Centre (Singapore)
April 1: Chris Abani with Susan Orlean, Danez Smith, and Lena Waithe in Literary Death Match at Theatre at Ace Hotel (Los Angeles, CA)
April 3: Chris Abani with Nayomi Munaweera and Mark de Silva at The Last Bookstore (Los Angeles, CA)
April 4: Ruth Ozeki at Smith College (Northampton, MA)
April 6 - 9: Chris Abani at African Literature Association Conference (Atlanta, GA)
April 7: Ruth Ozeki at Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
April 30: Chris Abani at Chicago Public Library Poetry Fest (Chicago, IL)
May 20 – June 5: Ruth Ozeki at Hedgebrook (Seattle, WA)
June 5: Ruth Ozeki at The Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA)
June 13: Chris Abani at the House of SpeakEasy at Joe's Pub (New York, NY)
September 22: Ruth Ozeki with Eileen Myles, Porochista Khakpour, Anna March, and Alexandra Kleeman at BookCourt (Brooklyn, NY)