Reading: Marlon James

Presenter Information

Marlon James

Location

Memorial Union Ballroom

Event Website

http://www.undwritersconference.org

Start Date

22-3-2018 8:00 PM

End Date

22-3-2018 9:00 PM

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In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, March 22, 2018, as part of the 49th Annual UND Writers Conference: “Truth & Lies,” Marlon James reads excerpts from his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. James also responds to audience questions about what fiction reveals when it mixes official state narratives with common/vernacular narratives, Caribbean writers, and what he thinks about language and how it functions, especially in relation to dialect.

Introduced by Dr. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower, Department of English.

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Mar 22nd, 8:00 PM Mar 22nd, 9:00 PM

Reading: Marlon James

Memorial Union Ballroom

In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, March 22, 2018, as part of the 49th Annual UND Writers Conference: “Truth & Lies,” Marlon James reads excerpts from his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. James also responds to audience questions about what fiction reveals when it mixes official state narratives with common/vernacular narratives, Caribbean writers, and what he thinks about language and how it functions, especially in relation to dialect.

Introduced by Dr. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower, Department of English.

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/2018/day2/3