As part of Amherst College's Black History Month programming, Chris Abani, author of The Face: Cartography of the Void, will visit Wednesday, February 24, to present “My Face and Ours: Views of Today’s America,” at 7:30 p.m. in the college's Stirn Auditorium. Afterward he will take questions from the audience, followed by a book signing.
With Amherst College professor and Restless Books publisher Ilan Stavans.
When: Wednesday, February 24, 7:30 pm
Where: Stirn Auditorium, Mead Art Museum, 41 Quadrangle Dr, Amherst, MA 01002
Admission: Free and open to the public
By Chris Abani
Chicago Review of Books Best Nonfiction Books of 2016
The Face Series
“A fascinating meditation on identity that explores the novelist’s own mixed heritage and mixed feelings….[Abani is] a true citizen of the world….With great insight and compassion, Abani reveals that behind his—and every—face are unseen scars.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
Paperback • ISBN: 9781632060433
Publication date: Mar 1, 2016