--Slate, "In his impressive debut collection, Vuong writes beauty into--and culls from--individual, familial, and historical traumas. I go back to that a lot. Politics and Prose Live! Upcoming Event. Machado’s electrifying Her Body and Other Parties—a finalist for the National Book Award—expanded our sense of what a short story could be and do. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family and an adorable pet umbrella. All event-related inquiries can be sent to our Director of Events, Liz Hottel, at events@politics-prose.com. The eyestaring back from the other side--. Poetry Panel with Eduardo Corral, /event/book/pp-live-alain-mabanckou-death-of-comrade-president-in-conversation-dominic-thomas, P&P Live! Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm. : Alain Mabanckou — The Death of Comrade President - in conversation with Dominic Thomas, /event/book/pp-live-2020-washington-writers-publishing-house-award-winners-steven-leyva-and-adam, P&P Live! Rumaan Alam — LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND - with Matthew Klam, /event/book/pp-live-hurstonwright-legacy-award-reading-fiction, P&P Live! Learn more about your ad choices. He is the author of two chapbooks as well as a full-length collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Mr. Vuong can create startling images (a black piano in a field, a wedding-cake couple preserved under glass, a shepherd stepping out of a Caravaggio painting) and make the silences and elisions in his verse speak as potently as his words...There is a powerful emotional undertow to these poems that springs from Mr. Vuong's sincerity and candor, and from his ability to capture specific moments in time with both photographic clarity and a sense of the evanescence of all earthly things. https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781250309884 Politics and Prose at 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW. Jonathan Auxier’s award-winning middle-grade novels include The Night Gardener, Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes, and Sweep. Tokarczuk is in conversation with Jennifer Croft, who translated Flights from Polish into English. Please send inquiries to events@politics-prose.com. Have a question ? Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices. On Thursday, June 6, at 7 p.m., Ocean Vuong will be at Politics & Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. 4 on hand, as of Oct 1 9:16pm. Just point, click and execute. And I would say Frank Ocean, everything. Ocean Vuong: I would say Miles Davis’ Sketches of Spain is incredible. If you are unable to pick up the book, please call us to arrange shipping. Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Reading: Nonfiction, /event/book/pp-live-mira-rapp-hooper-rebecca-lissner-open-world-anne-marie-slaughter, P&P Live! She also hosts and executive produces Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin on Investigation Discovery. --Publishers Weekly, Suppose you do change your life.& the body is more than, a portion of night--sealedwith bruises. details. Visceral, tender and lyrical, fleet and agile, these poems unflinchingly face the legacies of violence and cultural displacement but they also assume a position of wonder before the world." Whether it be the notion overheard since the earliest moments of the #MeToo movement that feminism has gone too far or the insistence that holding someone accountable for his actions amounts to a "witch hunt," this book exposes the lies that many have chosen to believe and the often unexpected figures who have furthered them. Slate Plus members get extended, ad-free versions of our podcasts—and much more. P&P Diner Mug. Ocean Vuong is a poet and fiction writer whose works explore the ongoing trauma of war and conditions of exile with tragic eloquence and clarity. Ben Lerner — THE TOPEKA SCHOOL - with Ocean Vuong, /event/book/pp-live-rumaan-alam-leave-world-behind-matthew-klam, P&P Live! details. : Mira Rapp-Hooper & Rebecca Lissner – An Open World - with Anne-Marie Slaughter, /event/book/pp-live-talia-lavin-culture-warlords-in-conversation-lyz-lenz, P&P Live! Learn more at https://faq.podbean.com. Please send inquiries to events@politics-prose.com. All titles are subject to availability   •   Prices subject to change, Politics and Prose at 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Politics and Prose at 70 District Square SW, Red Dress in Black and White: A novel (Hardcover), All My Mother's Lovers: A Novel (Hardcover), The Jane Austen Society: A Novel (Hardcover), The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III (Hardcover), What Can I Do? Our user-friendly interface allows you to upload, publish, manage and promote your podcasts with just a few clicks of your mouse.