A virtual reading with Julian Randall and Writers & Books
Randall transforms pop culture moments into deeply personal explorations of grief, family, and the American way. This nonfiction debut is a braided story of the author’s return from the cliff edge of a harrowing depression and his determination to retrace the hustle of a white-passing grandfather to the Mississippi town from which he was driven amid threats of tar and feather. He envisions his fight to stay alive through a striking medley of media, ranging from Into the Spiderverse and Jordan Peele movies, to BoJack Horseman and the music of Odd Future. Called “clear eyed and utterly absorbing” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is Randall’s journey to get his ghost story back.
Julian Randall is a contributor to the #1 New York Times bestseller Black Boy Joy (Delacorte Press, 2021). His first book of poems, Refuse (2018), won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. He is the author of the middle-grade novel Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa, published by Holt in 2022. The winner of the 2019 Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award from the Publishing Triangle, the 2019 Frederick Bock Prize, and a Pushcart Prize, he has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Tin House, and Milkweed Editions. His poetry has been published widely.
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