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The most prestigious literary programming
in Queens is back again with award-winning
authors for its fall 2018 season.
The Queens College Evening Readings series will present Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Jennifer Egan, leading Louis Armstrong researcher and historian Ricky Riccardi,
and New York Times bestselling author James Kaplan.
Tuesday, October 23, New York Times bestselling novelist James
Kaplan will discuss his creative process and read from his work. In
November 2010, Doubleday published Frank: The Voice, the first
volume of Kaplan’s definitive biography of Frank Sinatra. The book
was also chosen by former New York Times chief book critic Michiko
Kakutani as one of her Top Ten Books of 2010. In Spring 2019 Yale
University Press will publish Kaplan’s Irving Berlin: New York Genius,
as part of its Jewish Lives series.
Tuesday, November 13, Ricky Riccardi will discuss the last 25 years
of the life and career of Louis Armstrong. These were Armstrong’s
most popular years but in the jazz world, many critics spent those
years criticizing Armstrong for “going commercial,” for “selling
out,” for being an “Uncle Tom” and more. Riccardi’s book What a
Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years refuted
those claims, often using Armstrong’s own words to defend himself.
Tuesday, December 11, award-winning author Jennifer Egan will
read from her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won the
2011 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the
Los Angeles Times book prize. Her newest novel Manhattan Beach
has been awarded the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in
Fiction and was long listed for the National Book Award.
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CUNY Students:
2 FREE tickets for each performance with your student ID
All Tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE
Sponsors: The Office of the President
The Office of the Provost
The Queens College English Faculty
Mr. Matthew Watson
Tickets: $20 per Reading or All 3 for $45.