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Andrea Bajani and Nick Flynn at Prairie Lights

April 16, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Free

On Friday, April 16 at 8:00PM EST, Prairie Lights will host a virtual conversation with Andrea Bajani and Nick Flynn. They will be discussing Bajani’s novel, If You Kept a Record of Sins, translated from the Italian by Elizabeth Harris.

Andrea Bajani is the author of four novels and two collections of poems. His novel, If You Kept a Record of Sins, has brought him a great deal of attention. In just a few months, the book won the Super Mondello Prize, the Brancati Prize, the Recanati Prize and the Lo Straniero Prize. He lives in Houston and teaches at Rice University.

Nick Flynn is a formidable contemporary American poet, playwright, and memoirist. His work is often praised for its swift, lyrical expression and fractured narrative structures. Flynn has been published in fifteen languages, and has won two PEN prizes for his memoir and poetry writing. He has also received fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation; The Fine Arts Works Center; and the Library of Congress, among others. He now lives in Brooklyn with his wife and his daughter, Maeve.

Details

Date:
April 16, 2021
Time:
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://www.prairielights.com/live/andrea-bajani-conversation-nick-flynn