Christina Cooke in conversation with Sarah Thankam Mathews
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Christina Cooke in conversation with Sarah Thankam Mathews
February 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Christina Cooke will read from her enthralling debut novel,ย Broughtupsy.ย She will be joined in conversation by fellow alum Sarah Thankam Mathews. (Broughtupsyย is) โA luminous tale of a latter-day Antigone who navigates grief, love, death, sex, violence, language, queerness, race, and three countries with courage, joy, and a tender heart.ย Broughtupsyย is an instant classic and Christina Cooke brings beauty and truth to every page.โโStacey D’Erasmo
Christina Cooke’sย writing has previously appeared inย The Caribbean Writer,ย Prairie Schooner,ย PRISM international,ย Epiphany: A Literary Journal, and elsewhere. A MacDowell Fellow, Journey Prize winner, and Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award winner, she holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Born in Jamaica, Christina is now a Canadian citizen who lives and writes in New York City.
Sarah Thankam Mathews is the author ofย All This Could Be Different, which was shortlisted for the 2022 National Book Award in Fiction, the Discover Prize. It was also a New York Times Editor’s Choice and named a Best Book of the Year byย NPR, Vogue, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Slate,ย andย Buzzfeed. Mathews is teaching this semester at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.