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Sunday, February 23 | 4–6:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening of the Oscar-winning short film Hair Love (7 min.), followed by a conversation with the film's writer and director, Matthew Cherry and the illustrator of the original children's book, Vashti Harrison. Hair Love centers around the relationship between an African American father, Stephen, his daughter, Zuri, and her hair. This story was born out of a lack of representation in mainstream animated projects and a desire to promote hair love among young men and women of color.
Following the conversation, enjoy a small reception and book signing with Cherry; copies of the Hair Love children's book, based off of the film, will be available for purchase.
Reservation required. Free. SOLD OUT!
Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center
201 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745
(301) 965-4000 – reservations
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Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) get a full reboot in Cathy Yan's Birds of Prey.
Margot Robbie played Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad in 2016. Now, she's back in Birds of Prey. It finds Harley crossing paths with characters played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, and a very bad villain played by Ewan McGregor. The film provides the backstory for the team that will become the Birds of Prey, and it develops the character of Harley beyond her relationship with the Joker.
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Today's the day: You can now reserve tickets for March events in the National Book Festival Presents series!
First, though, make sure you've snagged free tickets for tonight's event, "Rosa Parks: The History and the Heart," celebrating Parks' life and legacy. NPR host Michel Martin will moderate a panel conversation featuring Parks biographers Douglas Brinkley ("Rosa Parks: A Life") and Jeanne Theoharis ("The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks"). Act fast!
Now, on to the literary superstars who will take the Coolidge Auditorium stage throughout the month of March:
On Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m., join us for "Great American Editors," a new National Book Festival Presents series kicking off with legendary fiction editor and publisher Nan Talese alongside one of her most legendary novelists, Margaret Atwood, in a conversation about their work together. The new "Great American Editors" series will explore the vital role of editors in the writing and publishing process.
Register now for your free tickets via Eventbrite. Signed copies of Atwood's latest novel, "The Testaments," are available for pre-purchase with ticket registration, and ticketholders are also invited to view a pre-event display of items from the Library's extensive collections related to "Great American Editors."
The following morning, at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, March 13, we invite you to attend the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature and Symposium. The event, emceed by award-winning writer Grace Lin and co-sponsored by We Need Diverse Books, will feature the honorees and winners of the Walter Award.
Tickets are not required for this event, which is free and open to the public. Book sales and signing will follow the symposium.
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It's on sale for 30% off for a few days at https://www.nyrb.com/products/the-man-without-talent
"Tsuge's work represents a groundbreaking apotheosis of comics fiction at its most humane, literary, and poetic. I am thrilled that it is finally reaching the Western audience which has longed to read it for so many decades." —Chris Ware
Yoshiharu Tsuge is one of the most celebrated and influential comics artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. The Man Without Talent, his first book to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs—used-camera salesman, ferryman, stone collector—hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with.
Instead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan. Accompanied by an essay from the translator Ryan Holmberg which discusses Tsuge's importance in comics and Japanese literature, The Man Without Talent is one of the great works of comics literature.
This NYRC edition is a paperback and features the first-ever English release of Tsuge's work, carefully relettered in English with minimal intrusion on the original art, and with the traditional right-to-left manga format preserved.
REVIEW: THE MAN WITHOUT TALENT and the grind of poverty
The Man Without Talent allows the author and the reader to explore the fantasy of leading a contemplative life while remaining honest about the consequences
01/13/2020
https://www.comicsbeat.com/review-the-man-without-talent/
What's to Be Believed in Yoshiharu Tsuge's 'The Man Without Talent'?
15 Jan 2020
https://www.popmatters.com/yoshiharu-tsuge-man-without-talent-2644307800.html
Blink and you'll miss it.
