VIRTUAL | Initiative on Literature and Racial Justice: A public conversation with Albert Woodfox, the author of Solitary

Event time: 
Thursday, October 1, 2020 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Online () See map
Calendar Speaker/Performer: 
Albert Woodfox
Event description: 

Albert Woodfox, the author of SOLITARY, will have a Zoom conversation with Irene Vázquez ‘21. Anne Fadiman, Yale’s Francis Writer-in-Residence, will introduce. Woodfox spent more than forty years in prison, mostly in solitary confinement, for a crime he did not commit. SOLITARY was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

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Admission: 
Free
Go to https://tinyurl.com/WoodfoxConversation (case-sensitive) for more information, and click on the Zoom link on that page for access to the event.

Contact: 
Department of English
203-432-2233
Open To: 
Undergraduate, Faculty, Alumni, Yale Postdoctoral Trainees, All Ages, Graduate And Professional, Spouses And Partners, Staff
Calendar Sponsor: 
co-sponsored by Francis Conversations with Writers, Yale English Dept. Initiative on Literature and Racial Justice, and Yale Prison Initiative
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