Author Talk with Zadie Smith

SOLD OUT! THE WAITING LIST IS CLOSED! Zadie Smith presents her "ambitious, exuberant new novel" Swing Time. She will be joined in conversation by Vu Tran. Presented in partnership with the DuSable Museum of African American History, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the University of Chicago Committee on Creative Writing, and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs About the book: Two brown girls dream of being dancers--but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten, either... Dazzlingly energetic and deeply human, Swing Time is a story about friendship and music and stubborn roots, about how we are shaped by these things and how we can survive them. Moving from North-West London to West Africa, it is an exuberant dance to the music of t About the author: Zadie Smith was born in Northwest London in 1975. She is the author of White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, Changing My Mind, and NW. About the interlocutor: Vu Tran, winner of a Whiting Award recognizing “exceptional talent and promise,” teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Dragonfish now out in paperback. This event is sold out! To request a spot on the waiting list, please email info@semcoop.com with your name, number of tickets desired, and contact info. For other information or questions please contact Seminary Co-op Bookstore 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave. // Chicago, IL 60637 773.752.4381 // info@semcoop.com