BONNIE GREER, Author and Playwright
Abstraction of Wit in Black Heritage and Modern Times
Date/Time: 9th February 2010, 17:30 - 18:30
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Bonnie Greer discusses the role of abstraction in Black History, considering it as a unique creative, as well as sometimes destructive, force. Bonnie will be discussing her new novel “Entropy” and her collection of essays “Obama Music” , through fiction and non-fiction she will explore the role of race in creating and defining our history and our present. She will look at the Black community in Chicago, its literature, its music, its culture, and ask what about the city made it the place that would allow Barack Obama to become the 44th president of the United States.
Bonnie Greer is an award-winning playwright and author she was born in Chicago where she later studied with David Mamet before moving to New York to study at the Actors Studio with Elia Kazan. She has been living in Britain since the late 1980s where she has carved a reputation, she’s won numerous awards, including the Verity Bargate and has has been a judge on many prizes including the Orange Prize for Fiction. Bonnie regularly contributes articles to the Guardian, Telegraph, Independent and Marie Claire as well as appearing for comment on TV and radio. She is also just completing a collections of short stories and her latest play, Marilyn and Ella will be moving to the West End in the Autumn.FREE ADMISSION TO THE LECTURE
