A. Igoni Barrett will read from his new novel, BLACKASS (Graywolf Press, March 2016), on Tuesday, March 1st at 7:00 PM at Harvard Book Store. This event is free and open to the public.
“With this hilarious, nail-pointed satire, a devastating social parable brimming with humanity and heart, Barrett joins the ranks of the great tricksters: Alain Mabanckou, Joseph Heller, and Charles Johnson.”—Marlon James
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.