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Beyond Black and White: Writing About the Multiracial Experience

A Conversation Between Malcolm Hansen and Victor LaValle

The “multicultural” novel has been on a long, strange trip in American literature. The story of the black and white experience, the “mixed” experience, can be traced back to writers like James Weldon Johnson and Nella Larsen, but that was a long time ago. What do such stories look like in the 21st century? Where the old stories might’ve suggested tragedy or doom, the tales of a new age aren’t always so simple. Hansen and LaValle, both mixed race authors, will tackle questions of authenticity and inclusion; self-policing in the black community and exceptionalism in the white community. The importance of owning one’s own multicultural experience and how that experience has changed over the past 50 years. Hansen and LaValle may not agree on every point, but they promise to keep the shouting to a minimum. Probably.











When: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W. 129th St.
212-854-1754
Price: Free
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A Conversation Between Malcolm Hansen and Victor LaValle

The “multicultural” novel has been on a long, strange trip in American literature. The story of the black and white experience, the “mixed” experience, can be traced back to writers like James Weldon Johnson and Nella Larsen, but that was a long time ago. What do such stories look like in the 21st century? Where the old stories might’ve suggested tragedy or doom, the tales of a new age aren’t always so simple. Hansen and LaValle, both mixed race authors, will tackle questions of authenticity and inclusion; self-policing in the black community and exceptionalism in the white community. The importance of owning one’s own multicultural experience and how that experience has changed over the past 50 years. Hansen and LaValle may not agree on every point, but they promise to keep the shouting to a minimum. Probably.

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