Six Bridges Book Festival
Ilyon Woo
2024-09-28 17:30:00
2024-09-28 18:30:00
America/Chicago
Six Bridges Book Festival
Ilyon Woo is a Pulitzer Prize winning, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author whose writing has appeared in the <i>Boston Globe</i>, the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>Time Magazine</i>, and the <i>New York Times</i>.
Ron Robinson Theater -
Saturday, September 28
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Ilyon Woo is a Pulitzer Prize winning, New York Times bestselling author whose writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and the New York Times.
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom, one of the New York Times’s “10 Best Books of 2023” and People Magazine’s “Top Ten Books of 2023,” is the true story of William and Ellen Craft, a couple who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as “his” slave.
Moderator: Eric Darnell Pritchard
Sponsored by the Brown Chair in English Literacy at the University of Arkansas and the Community Literacies Collaboratory
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Society & Culture | Literature & Language |
Ron Robinson Theater
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We're open 9:00AM to 5:30PM
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100 River Market Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
Little Rock, AR 72201
Tel: 501.320.5715
About the branch
The Ron Robinson Theater is a 315-seat multi-purpose event venue. Part of the Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) Main Library campus, it is designed to provide programs for all ages including films, music performances, plays, readings, lectures, speakers, and children’s activities. The theater is equipped with a state-of-the-art DCI-compliant Barco digital cinema projection system and 32′ wide retractable screen; and, a versatile sound system capable of Dolby 5.1 surround audio for movies, with a CL3 digital mixing console with ample inputs for traditional music concerts.