April Book Club: Death of the Author (April 16)

APRIL PICK: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Wednesday, April 16

6:15 p.m. | Meet-and-greet

6:30 p.m. dinner & discussion | The Junction

3-course dinner from The Junction | $70 (includes drink pairings, tax, and tip)

Join us at The Junction to discuss Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor, who will join us (virtually) for the event! Attendees must purchase a dinner ticket to attend; there are 35 spots for available for in-person seating.

Every month we gather to discuss the book over an original, three-course meal with drink pairings inspired by the book. Purchase your dinner ticket to let us know you'll be coming!

Find a copy from the bookstore:

Hardcover | $30.00

Audiobook | $33.59 or subscription

Get Let Book Club Subscription Box: $50/month | includes the book of the month and other thematic goodies!

The Fine Print

Special Diet: If you have any sort of dietary restriction, please include the special diet option with your ticket. The base meal is prepared vegetarian, so if you have any further dietary needs (especially allergies!), please contact the Junction directly at [email protected].

Nonalcoholic Pairings: If you do not need the wine pairings, please select the nonalcoholic option to your ticket. Two mocktails will replace the wine pairings; you can also request soda or juice (options depend on availability at The Junction).

Refund policy: Refunds will be granted up to the Sunday before the event. After this time, the Junction has begun preparation for the dinner and cannot grant refunds for the costs. (Note that Eventbrite no longer allows refunds to be provided as a credit for future events.)

Transfer policy: Attendees can transfer their Tuesday night ticket to Wednesday night or vice versa if scheduling conflicts arise. If a transfer occurs within 12 hours of the event, please reach out to Itinerant Literate at [email protected] or (843) 225-6569 to notify organizers of the change.

About the Book:

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The future of storytelling is here.

Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister’s lavish Caribbean wedding, she’s unceremoniously fired from her university job and, to add insult to injury, her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed in one fell swoop, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that have so far peppered her unremarkable career. It’s a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. She calls it Rusted Robots.

When Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey—one that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu’s novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next.

A book-within-a-book that blends the line between writing and being written, Death of the Author is a masterpiece of metafiction that manages to combine the razor-sharp commentary of Yellowface with the heartfelt humanity of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Surprisingly funny, deeply poignant, and endlessly discussable, this is at once the tale of a woman on the margins risking everything to be heard and a testament to the power of storytelling to shape the world as we know it.

Host or Publisher Itinerant Literate Books