Lit Top 5: November 2021

Angela Jackson /Photo: Monica Kass Rogers

1
Rochona Majumdar
(University of Chicago)
The historian and film scholar discusses her book, “Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Futures: Film and History in the Postcolony.”
November 1, 5pm

2
Jayne Kelley and Paul Preissner
(Columbia College Student Center)
The editors discuss their new architecture book, “American Framing,” as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
November 6, 11am

3
Teju Cole
(Reva and David Logan Center)
The essayist discusses his art exhibition and subsequent collection of writing, “Black Paper,” with Amanda Williams as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
November 13, 10:30am

4
Angela Jackson
(Reva and David Logan Center)
The Illinois Poet Laureate is celebrated in an afternoon of readings as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
November 13, 1pm

5
Nikole Hannah-Jones
(Symphony Center)
The journalist who led the landmark “1619 Project” for the New York Times discusses her new book of the same name, as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
November 20, 1pm