Reading from Song for Night
Reception preceding at 7:30 p.m.; reading starting at 8:00 p.m.
FREE & Open to the Public

On the evening of Friday March 28 at Hallwalls, the prize-winning writer Chris Abani will read from Song for Night, his acclaimed novella about a young boy at war in Africa. A wine and cheese reception begins at 7:30 p.m., and the reading starts at 8:00 p.m. The event is FREE and open to the public, in addition to conferees.

Born in Nigeria, Abani is the author of six novels and seven volumes of poetry, and his work has been translated into twelve languages. He has won numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award. The New York Times says that Song for Night "contains, at once, an extraordinary ferocity and a vulnerable beauty." Abani previously read in Buffalo as part of Just Buffalo's Babel series at Kleinhans Music Hall back on April 15, 2011.

The UB Humanities Institute (presenter of the ongoing monthly Scholars @ Hallwalls series) hopes you will join them for this evening with a major figure in contemporary world literature.

For more on the conference, please see the new and improved webpage: ubcivilwars.wordpress.com