Franklin Presents: Readings by Mai Neng Moua and Marlon James
Join us for an afternoon of readings by the local writers Mai Neng Moua and Marlon James, presented in conjunction with our current series of exhibitions, featuring video works by Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts, and Guy Ben-Ner.
Moua and James will read recent selections from their poetry and fiction that reflect the subjects of immigration and shared experiences of loss, uprootedness and new beginnings addressed in our current exhibitions.
This event will take place on Saturday, October 30 at 2pm, and is free and open to the public.
Mai Neng Moua was born in Laos in 1974. Her writings can be found in publications such as Bamboo Among the Oaks and Where One Voice Ends Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry. Her awards include the Bush Artist Fellowship, the Jerome Travel Grant, and the Loft Literary Center’s Mentor Series in Poetry & Creative Prose.
Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1970. His first novel, John Crow’s Devil (Akashic Books, 2005) was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. His most recent novel, The Book of Night Women (Riverhead, 2009), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, The NAACP Image Award, and The Minnesota Book Award, and was New York Magazine’s third best book of the year.
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