Arts & Letters Live Presents: Namwali Serpell
Schedule
Sat Jan 31 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
1717 N Harwood St, Dallas, TX, United States, Texas 75201 | Dallas, TX
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"On Morrison" by Namwali Serpell offers an illuminating journey through Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s expansive oeuvre. With contextual guidance, archival discoveries, and original close readings, Serpell’s exploration of Morrison results in dialogue between two Black women authors that is stylish, edifying, and thrilling in its scope and intelligence. At once accessible and uncompromisingly rigorous, "On Morrison" is not only a primer on how to read one of America’s most eternally significant authors, but also a general guide to reading great works of literature. In Serpell’s words, Morrison “is our only truly canonical black female writer—and her work is highly complex.” Namwali Serpell is a professor of English at Harvard. Her novels include "The Old Drift," one of The New York Times Book Review’s 100 Notable Books of 2019, and "The Furrows," a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Her book of essays, "Stranger Faces," was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.
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