Author Nicole Dennis-Benn
, whose hugely successful debut novel "" earned several best book of the year awards in 2016, is the Chinua Achebe Legacy Series speaker at T九色视频 on Wednesday, March 8. Her talk, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the North Academic Center Ballroom, is free and open to the public. Click to register.
A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Dennis-Benn continues the tradition of distinguished writers and artists gracing the Achebe Legacy Series. It was launched by City College鈥檚 Black Studies Program in 2014 to honor the late Nigerian writer, academic and critic whose first novel, 鈥淭hings Fall Apart,鈥 is the most widely read book in modern African literature.
Dennis-Benn wowed the literary world with 鈥淗ere Comes the Sun鈥 (Liveright, July 2016), set in Montego Bay. 鈥淭he book vividly captures the fraught dynamics of familial and romantic relationships . . . Poignant,鈥 raved The New Yorker.
It garnered numerous awards and accolades in 2016, including:
- 2016 National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award Finalist;
- New York Times Notable Book;
- Kirkus Reviews Best Debut Fiction;
- Amazon Best Book;
- New York Times Editors' choice;
- NPR Best Book; and
- Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year
Previous Achebe Legacy speakers have included: Ghanaian artist Nicole Amarteifio, Nigerian author and playwright ; poet ; the Moroccan novelist and essayist , Nigerian novelist and Kenyan legend .
Achebe served as a visiting professor at City College.
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