YPL Presents James Hannaham

YPL Presents James Hannaham

In conversation with Joseph Earl Thomas

Co-Hosted by the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College

Thursday, September 26, 2024

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Grinton I. Will Library

1500 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710

Free parking

Join us for an evening with award winning author and Yonkers native James Hannaham at the Yonkers Public Library. His most recent novel, Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta (Little, Brown), won the 2023 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction and was hailed as “wondrous” and “a hilarious, righteous transgender remix of The Odyssey.” A celebration of public libraries, and the Will library in particular, don’t miss this special event on the power of reading and storytelling. 

This event will include a reading and conversation with Joseph Earl Thomas, including audience Q & A. Books will be for sale courtesy of our local indie bookstore. 

About James Hannaham

James Hannaham is the author of the novels God Says No, a Stonewall Book Award finalist, and Delicious Foods, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist as well as a New York Times Notable Book. His most recent novel, Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta, won the 2023 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction. He lives in Brooklyn, where he teaches at the Pratt Institute.

About Joseph Earl Thomas

Joseph Earl Thomas is the author of Sink, a memoir (Grand Central Publishing, 2022), longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the novel God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer (Grand Central Publishing, 2024), and the forthcoming story collection Leviathan Beach (Grand Central, 2025). His writing has been published in The Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Dilettante Army, and The New York Times Book Review. His honors include the 2020 Chautauqua Janus Prize, and fellowships from Kimbilio, VONA, Tin House and Bread Loaf. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame’s MFA program in prose, he earned his  PhD in English from The University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the writing faculty at Sarah Lawrence College, and teaches courses in Black Studies, Poetics, Video Games, Queer Theory and more at The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.

About the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College

Since 1983, the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College has offered writers a robust and supportive community, with workshops, classes, seminars, conferences, readings and more. Our virtual and on campus classes are open to all writers, including classes for beginners, advanced prose and poetry workshops, teen programs and publishing seminars. Scholarships are available for new students. Learn more at slc.edu/WI. 

About Yonkers Public Library

Yonkers Public Library is the largest library in Westchester County. It consists of three locations: Riverfront Library, our main branch, in downtown Yonkers, the Grinton I. Will Library on Central Avenue, and the Crestwood Library in the Crestwood section of the city. Our mission is to change lives every day. Our expert, trusted staff help all the people of Yonkers find the information they need, the programs they enjoy, and the reading they love. For more information about Yonkers Public Library, visit www.ypl.org.

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