The Literary Festival

Friday, Feb 24, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Various Venues in Amherst
Amherst, MA 01002

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Schedule of Events

6 p.m. - Reception and Opening of God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin at Mead Art Museum
Introductions and remarks: Hilton Als; Siddhartha V. Shah, Director of the Mead Art Museum; Jennifer Acker '00, editor-in-chief of The Common

7 p.m. - A Conversation with National Book Award Finalists Meghan O'Rourke & Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Moderated by Dennis Sweeney at Johnson Chapel
Introductions and remarks: President Michael A. Elliott; Jennifer Acker '00, editor-in-chief of The Common; Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation

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