Zadie Smith joins us to discuss her new historical novel, The Fraud, which follows a white woman and a formerly enslaved Black man whose lives intersect as a result of a British court case in which a butcher claims he is the long-lost relative of a dead author, and should receive his fortune.
Events: Smith will be speaking tonight at Books Are Magic with Hua Hsu, and on Thursday at Cooper Union with Yaa Gyasi.
The work of New Jersey born mixed-media portrait artist Kandy G Lopez is currently on view at ACA Galleries, her first solo show in New York City. Lopez grew up in South Florida in an Afro-Carribean family, and other than being an artist, she works as an associate professor at the Halmos College of Art & Sciences at NOVA Southeastern University. Kandy G Lopez: Situational Identity, displays new fiber portraits and is on view at 173 Tenth Avenue through October 21. Ahead of a reception open to the public tomorrow, Lopez joins to tell us more about her new work and her artistic vision.
London by-way-of-DC musician Jalen N’Gonda recently released his debut album, Come Around and Love Me. He joins us for a Listening Party ahead of his concert at Racket NYC this Saturday, September 16.
Comedian and actor Rachel Bloom has a new off-Broadway musical comedy about the tumultuous past few years of her life, including speaking about her dear friend Adam Schlesinger, who died of COVID-19. She joins us to discuss “Death, Let Me Do My Show,” which is running at the Lucille Lortel Theatre through September 30.
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