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The Spring 2025 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series continues with a reading by author Justin Torres.Justin Torres is the author of Blackouts, which won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Southern California Book Award. A 2024 Guggenheim Fellow, he’s also received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, and the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center. His first novel, We the Animals, was a national bestseller and was adapted into a feature film. He lives in Los Angeles and is an associate professor of English at UCLA.
Book signing and reception to follow the reading.
We are proud to partner with Buffalo Street Books at this event. Buffalo Street Books is Ithaca’s only non-profit independent bookstore, dedicated to serving its community through books and literary programming. Justin Torres' books are available online, in-store, and on-site at the reading. Show your student ID at BSB and get 10% off every day!
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To be respectful of those with allergies and environmental sensitivities, we ask that you please refrain from wearing strong fragrances. Masking is encouraged. The venue is wheelchair accessible. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this event, please contact us as soon as possible.
For more information about this event visit english.cornell.edu/zalaznick or email [email protected].
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall KG70, 232 Feeney Way, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
