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Madison
Smartt Bell is a professor of English at Goucher College and the
prize-winning author of 22 books, including 15 novels, two biographies,
three short story collections, and a fiction writing textbook, as well
as being an active literary journalist. Among numerous other honors for
his writing, Madison was a National Book Award Finalist, PEN/Faulkner
Award Finalist and winner of an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction
for All Souls Rising, the first book in his fictional trilogy
chronicling the life of Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
he led from 1791 to 1804.
Andrew
Moore is an internationally acclaimed photographer and filmmaker known
for his large format color photographic series of architectural
structures and landscapes around the world, including Cuba, Russia,
Detroit, the Great Plains of the US, and most recently, Alabama.
Andrew’s latest work, Blue Alabama, includes a story by
Madison, with whom he shared the journey and affinity for the subject
that resulted in the book. Andrew’s many awards include a Special Jury
Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Andrew’s photographs appear in more
than 50- public collections and have been collected in in six published
books. Andrew has taught at Princeton and New York’s School of Visual
Arts.
Who
better to moderate this conversation about words, images and the
various ways of presenting them than classmate Ellen Levy, a Visiting
Associate Professor at Pratt Institute and the author of Criminal Ingenuity: Moore, Cornell, Ashbery and the Struggle between the Arts?
Ellen, who is herself at work on another book, has been joining Madison
and Andrew in conversation since their Princeton days. She will be an
insightful moderator for what is sure to be a fascinating conversation
about the journeys of these extremely talented and versatile creators,
their work and creative evolutions, and the inspirations that have been
important to them. The conversation will run approximately 90 minutes,
including 30 minutes of Q&A.
See you December 5 at 11:30 Eastern!
Kathryn Reimann
Bruce Petersen
Co-producers, Class of 1979 Authors and Artists Series
