What does it mean to exist in between two worlds? Award-winning author Rex Ogle (Free Lunch, Punching Bag) and debut novelist Rob Franklin (Great Black Hope) join us for a sharp, unflinching discussion about writing honest coming of age stories while expanding our understanding of race, class and queer identity. Whether in memoir or fiction form, this is storytelling as a survival tool: raw, necessary, and deeply real. The conversation will be lead by Ahu Terzi.
Date
Jun 21, 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Featuring
Rex Ogle
Rex Ogle is an award-winning author of more than a hundred books, comics, graphic novels, and memoirs—most notably Free Lunch (winner of the ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Non-Fiction), Abuela Don’t Forget Me(ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Non-Fiction finalist), Road Home (a Micheal Printz Honor and Stonewall Honor book), and middle grade graphic novels Four Eyes and Pizza Face.
Rob Franklin
Born and raised in Atlanta, Rob Franklin is a writer of fiction and poetry, and a cofounder of Art for Black Lives. A Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and finalist for the New England Review Emerging Writer Award, he has published work in New England Review, Prairie Schooner, and The Rumpus among others. Franklin lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches writing at the School of Visual Arts. Great Black Hope is his first novel.
Ahu Terzi
Growing up in Turkey and learning English by devouring YA fiction, Ahu Terzi spent a lot of time in used bookstores and libraries while imagining a life in America. Her high school librarian encouraged her to apply to Mount Holyoke College. Ahu spent her entire career working in advertising across many well-known publications such as New York Magazine, Parents, People and House & Garden, while continuing to pursue literary experiences outside of work. As the owner of The Hound Books in Roscoe, Ahu is an experienced author host and the curator of the Independent Book Fair for Deep Water.
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