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Inprint and the Menil Collection copresent a reading by author Hari Kunzru featuring his new book, Blue Ruin, followed by conversation with author Rosa Boshier González. Kunzru’s novel masterfully weaves through time, painting an extraordinary portrait of an artist as he reconnects with his past and faces the world he once cherished but ultimately left behind.About the speakers:
Hari Kunzru is the author of six novels, "Red Pill," "White Tears," "Gods Without Men," "My Revolutions," "Transmission," and "The Impressionist." He is a regular contributor to "The New York Review of Books" and writes the “Easy Chair” column for "Harper’s Magazine." He is an Honorary Fellow of Wadham College Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has been a Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at New York University and is the host of the podcast "Into the Zone," from Pushkin Industries.
Rosa Boshier González is a writer and editor from Los Angeles. Her fiction, essays, and art criticism appear in "Guernica," "Catapult," "Joyland," "Literary Hub," "The New York Times," "Artforum," "Hyperallergic," "The Rumpus," "The Guardian," "LARB," and "The Washington Post," among others. She has taught writing, Latinx cultural studies, and art history at The California Institute of the Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, and Pacific Northwest College of Art, and has served as the Editor-in-Chief of "Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Art."
This program takes place in the main building, located at 1533 Sul Ross Street. As always, Menil programs are free and open to all.
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The Menil Collection, 1514 Branard St, Houston, TX 77006-4722, United States,Houston, Texas