This year marks the 20th anniversary of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 program, which honors debut fiction writers whose work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape. To celebrate, Lincoln Center co-hosts a discussion featuring past honorees—Angela Flournoy (The Turner House, 2015 5 Under 35 Honoree), Raven Leilani (Luster, 2020 5 Under 35 Honoree), and Kirstin Valdez Quade (Night at the Fiestas, 2014 5 Under 35 Honoree)—where they reveal the authors and books that most inspired them, and what it means to build a literary career and community in New York. The discussion will be moderated by Natalie Green, Director of Programs & Partnerships at the National Book Foundation.

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Angela Flournoy, critically acclaimed author of The Turner House, joins us to celebrate the highly anticipated release of her new novel, The Wilderness. Flournoy will be joined in conversation by Brit Bennett, author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Vanishing Half, and Raven Leilani, author of The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize-winning book Luster. Don’t miss this intimate exploration of modern connection and coming of age. After the event, Flournoy will sign books.

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Join Barnes & Noble - Union Square in New York City on Thursday, September 18th at 6PM as we welcome National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy to discuss THE WILDERNESS on a live B&N Poured Over podcast taping. This era-defining novel follows five Black women over the course of their twenty-year friendship as they move through the dizzying and sometimes precarious period between young adulthood and midlife.

Angela will be in conversation with Poured Over co-host Miwa Messer.

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Join Angela Flournoy and Issa Rae as they discuss THE WILDERNESS, friendship, and creativity in a conversation moderated by Emmy-winning TV writer and actor Ashley Nicole Black. Event details TBA. Check here for updates.

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The National Writers Series is honored to welcome Angela Flournoy, National Book Award finalist and author of The Turner House, to share her stunning and long-awaited second novel, The Wilderness—a kaleidoscopic, emotionally resonant portrait of friendship, identity, and adulthood.

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Join Angela Flournoy and Kiese Laymon as they discuss THE WILDERNESS at Kindred Stories. Check here for event updates.

Join Angela Flournoy for an afternoon of food, reflection and conversation. Details to be announced soon.

Join Angela Flournoy in conversation with New Yorker contributing writer, culture critic and professor Lauren Michelle Jackson at Call & Response Chicago. Event updates to be announced here.

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Join Angela Flournoy and Denne Michelle Norris as they discuss their novels, THE WILDERNESS and WHEN THE HARVEST COMES. Sponsored by Kimbilio Fiction.

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