Ariel Delgado Dixon | Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You

1901 Vine Street,Philadelphia PA 19103

22 February, 2022

Description

A debut novel follows two sisters through an upbringing of deprivation and at a wilderness camp for troubled youths. In conversation with Sara Nović In Ariel Delgado Dixon’s debut novel Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You, two sisters endure an upbringing of deprivation in a rundown warehouse and in a wilderness camp for troubled youths. Referred to by author Joy Williams as “eventful, complex, admirably structured, relentless, and spooky”, it tells a story of trauma and the bonds of family. A 2017 nominee for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Award for Emerging Writers and shortlisted for the Masters Review Anthology Prize, Delgado Dixon has published writing in Kenyon Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Mississippi Review, and The Greensboro Review, among other periodicals. Sara Nović teaches in the Popular Fiction MFA program at Emerson College, and is an instructor of Deaf studies at Stockton University. Her first novel, Girl at War, won the American Library Association’s Alex Award, and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Nović has an MFA in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University, and lives with her family in Philadelphia. Masks are required at all times while in the building. Due to the changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and local health and safety regulations, please visit our website before all events to get the latest information on vaccine and masking guidance. Books will be available for purchase at the library on event night. A book signing will follow the presentation. Books provided by Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books