Chris Abani
Monday, March 22, 2004
Novelist Chris Abani talks about coming of age in Nigeria in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The protagonist in Chris Abani's novel, GraceLand, is Elvis Oke, a young Nigerian with a tendency to impersonate Elvis Presley.
» Read an excerpt of Abani's book in the Reading Room
» Visit Chris Abani's website
Events: As part of PEN Foreign Exchanges, Walter Mosley will be speaking with CHRIS ABANI. Salman Rushdie will be there, as well, and Alfre Woodard and Bill Irwin will give a reading of the work. March 22 at 7 pm at the French Institute on 59th Street
Music: Honeymoon in Vegas Soundtrack
Dwight Yoakam "Suspicious Minds"
Willie Nelson "Blue Hawaii"
» Read an excerpt of Abani's book in the Reading Room
» Visit Chris Abani's website
Events: As part of PEN Foreign Exchanges, Walter Mosley will be speaking with CHRIS ABANI. Salman Rushdie will be there, as well, and Alfre Woodard and Bill Irwin will give a reading of the work. March 22 at 7 pm at the French Institute on 59th Street
Music: Honeymoon in Vegas Soundtrack
Dwight Yoakam "Suspicious Minds"
Willie Nelson "Blue Hawaii"
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