Author of bestseller The Other Black Girl at Manhattanville

White Plains NY

01 October, 2021

12:45 PM

Description

Manhattanville College is kicking off this year's Castle Conversations Series with Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of instant bestseller The Other Black Girl, in conversation with Lauren Christensen, senior staff editor at The New York Times Book Review. Harris's premiere novel speaks to issues of representation and power in the world of publishing. Zakiya Dalila Harris quickly rose to fame this summer with her debut book The Other Black Girl an instant hit with readers, national news media and book critics alike. Harris has an MFA from The New School. She worked for three years in publishing in New York City before writing her book. Lauren Christensen is a senior staff editor at the New York Times Book Review. Previously an assistant editor at Vanity Fair and an associate editor at Harper's BAZAAR, Lauren has degrees in English literature from Oxford and Princeton. Castle Conversations are public events at Manhattanville where creators and thinkers come together to talk about issues at the heart of the cultural zeitgeist. Join us! Thursday, October 7 in O'Byrne Chapel Book Talk with Q&A: 7:00pm Book signing: 8:15pm Books will be sold at the event for those who would like to purchase. Free and open to the public. Masks required.