About this Event
P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome back critically acclaimed author Elijah Kinch Spector for a discussion and audience Q&A to celebrate the release of his newest novel, : the second book in the Failure of Four Kingdoms series, which deftly imagines how the pressures of heroism can warp even the most unshakeable of survivors, asking what responsibilities human beings have to one another, and whether one good deed — of any magnitude — can absolve you of your past for the sake of a future.
Elijah will be joined in conversation by award-winning writer Micaiah Johnson, author of The Space Between Worlds. After the talk, Elijah will sign copies of .
AVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES
- This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating
- Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.
- Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.
- The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
- We encourage all guests to wear masks.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
is a writer, a dandy, and a rootless cosmopolitan from the Bay Area who now lives in Brooklyn. His first novel, Kalyna the Soothsayer, received acclaim from NPR, Nerds of a Feather, Tor.com, Foreword, and Paste Magazine, among others.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
is a Brooklyn-based author and scholar. She received her BA in creative writing from the University of California, Riverside, and her MFA in fiction from Rutgers-Camden. She received her doctorate at Vanderbilt university. On her mother’s side, she is a first-generation traditional high school graduate.
Her debut novel, , won the Compton Crook Award and was an Editors’ Choice at The New York Times. NPR named it one of best books of 2020 and one of the best science fiction books of the last decade. Her follow-up novel, , an eerily timely looked at violence during apartheid, was released March 12th, 2024.
In her academic work she is concerned with questions at the intersection of race and technology, particularly as revealed in 19th Century America, a time punctuated by spectacular shifts in both. She also works in the necropolitical implications of preservation, both in centuries past and in our present moment of the Sixth Great Extinction.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States
USD 7.18 to USD 35.53
