Mark Oshiro in Conversation with Jason Reynolds

Mark Oshiro in Conversation with Jason Reynolds

Date and Time

May 23, 2018 6:00 pm

Location

450K

450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001

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Description:

Please join Busboys and Poets as we welcome YA Author Mark Oshiro in conversation with Jason Reynolds. 

Mark Oshiro is the Hugo-nominated writer of the online Mark Does Stuff universe (Mark Reads and Mark Watches), where he analyzes books and TV series. He was the nonfiction editor of Queers Destroy Science Fiction!, the co-editor of Speculative Fiction 2015, and is the President of the Con or Bust Board of Directors. When not working Oshiro engages in social activism online and offline. Anger is a Giftis his debut young adult contemporary novel. Please visit him online at www.MarkOshiro.com.

Jason Reynolds has been proclaimed "easily one of the most promising of Young Adult novelists in the market today" by NBC. Besides collecting starred-reviews, he is a New York Times bestselling author and was awarded the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent; was a Coretta Scott King Honoree twice, made it to the Time books of the year list, won the Kirkus Award, was a National Book Award finalist, and, in 2017, was an Odyssey and a CSK Honoree, a recipient of the Schneider Middle Grade award, and was named Indies First Spokesperson of the year. Jason has been reviewed and profiled in The Washington Post, NPR books, Kirkus, Hornbook, School Library Journal, WNYC, Publisher’s Weekly, Poets & Writers, Gawker, mentioned as a standout in the Wall Street Journal, AM New York and Ebony Magazine. Reynolds is on faculty at Lesley University, for the Writing For Young People MFA Program, and currently resides in Washington DC. 

Books will be available before and after the event. Please contact books@busboysandpoets.com with questions. 

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