Alpha Delta Eta |
"Writing Boyhood" : Khary Lazarre - White and Reif Larsen (PRESENTATION/ Q&A) |
| Date: Apr 11, 2019 at 7:30pm to 9:30pm | |
Khary Lazarre-White, author, activist
and attorney, is the cofounder of The
Brotherhood /Sister Sol (Bro/Sis), a
nationally renowned, Harlem-based
youth services organization. His first novel is Passage (2018), the story of Warrior, a
young man navigating the snowy winter streets of Harlem and Brooklyn in 1993. Susan
Taylor, editor-in-chief of Essence, called it, “a gripping, relentless dive into the inner life
of a young, African American male.†Oprah Winfrey said, “Khary is using his passion
to uplift and inspire a next generation...,†and presented him with the Oprah Winfrey
Angels’ Network “Use Your Life†Award.
Reif Larsen’s first novel was The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet (2009), a New York Times
bestseller that has been translated into 27 languages. The story of a 12-year-old boy
genius and his train trip across America, the book was a finalist for the IndieBound
Award, and was shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award and James Tait Black
Memorial Prize. French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) adapted it as a prizewinning
film in 2013. Larsen’s second novel, I Am Radar (2016), tells the tale of a blackskinned
boy with magical powers born to stunned white parents in New Jersey in the
1970s. The L. A. Times called it, “Big, beautiful, ambitious… addictive and enchanting.†| |