An Evening with Angela Flournoy and "The Wilderness" (In-Person)

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.

Spanning two decades in the lives of five Black women—Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia—The Wilderness traces their journeys through young adulthood and into midlife as they navigate motherhood, ambition, estrangement, viral fame, and the trials of building lives in rapidly shifting cities like New York and Los Angeles. With humor, insight, and a rare depth of emotional intelligence, Flournoy explores the fragile and enduring bonds of chosen family amid the backdrop of a restless, often volatile America.

Flournoy, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Paris Review, brings extraordinary nuance to the complexities of contemporary womanhood and the connections that sustain us.

Don’t miss this unforgettable evening with one of the most gifted voices in American literature today.

"These women, these friends—in their grief and loss, their dedication and their communion—are so achingly real it's hard to let them go." —Justin Torres, National Book Award-winning author of Blackouts

Guest Host: Audrey Irontree, National Writers Series Education Director

Event Details

Doors open at 6 p.m. with live music, and the conversation begins at 7 p.m. This event includes a Q&A session and an author signing immediately following in the lobby.

Please Note: This event is at Milliken Auditorium in the Dennos Museum, not the City Opera House.

General Admission Ticket: $20.00
One guest for General Admission. The first 100 ticket orders receive a free copy of The Wilderness! Once we hit 100 orders we will update here. If you'd like to purchase a book, please purchase one through Horizon Books. 

Virtual Tickets

Can’t make it to the Milliken Auditorium? Enjoy the event live or on-demand from home!

Each Virtual Ticket includes access to a private YouTube link beginning at 6:50 p.m. and an introduction video with audio at 7:00 p.m. Virtual attendees may participate in the Q&A via moderated chat.

Student Tickets: $10
With a valid school ID. Admits one person to the live event. Book not included.

Group Tickets
For discounted rates on groups of 20 or more, please contact: operations@nwstc.org

Sponsors
Named Sponsor: Dilys Tosteson Garcia and Lola Jackson, "Community Building Conversations"
Event Sponsor: Diana Milock