Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer
@ UIC Forum
725 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 2nd, from 7PM - 8:15PM
Join author, MacArthur Genius, and Festival Friend Ta-Nehisi Coates for his debut novel THE WATER DANCER.
Member exclusive presale begins Tuesday, August 20 at 10AM CST. Become a member to get early access to discounted tickets chf.to/Membership
Public sale begins Tuesday, August 27 at 10AM CST.
Just how powerful are our memories? This is the central question of The Water Dancer, the first novel from Ta-Nehisi Coates, well-known for his Atlantic essays, and a National Book Award winner for Between the World and Me. The book follows Hiram Walker, a young slave in antebellum Virginia, as he explores the metaphorical and metaphysical boundaries of his world. A remarkable blend of historical fiction and fantasy, evocatively detailed, and constantly thought-provoking, The Water Dancer serves as a profound reminder of Coates’s ongoing proposition: that we must remember and speak of our history in relation to present predicaments. Coates will be joined in conversation by Natalie Moore, South Side bureau reporter at WBEZ.
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