Alice Walker, in conversation with Andy Shallal at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Alice Walker, in conversation with Andy Shallal at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date and Time

Oct 16, 2018 7:00 pm

Location

14th & V

2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009

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The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and Busboys and Poets present an evening with renowned author, Alice Walker. An internationally celebrated writer, poet and activist whose works include short fiction, children’s books, volumes of essays and novels, among them The Color Purple for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award in 1983. Walker will engage in an illuminating conversation with Andy Shallal, founder of Washington D.C. based cultural hub, Busboys and Poets, about a recently published collection of poems entitled Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart. Books will be available for sale and signing courtesy of Smithsonian Enterprises.

VENUE:   African American History and Culture Museum,  Oprah Winfrey Theater  1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20560

Free, tickets required!  RSVP HERE

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