“The Audacity” Book Launch with Ryan Chapman and Halimah Marcus
Soho Press and Rough Draft Bar & Books present the launch of Ryan Chapman‘s novel “The Audacity.”
Join us for an evening of literature, cocktails, and scams. Ryan Chapman will be in conversation with Halimah Marcus, executive director of Electric Literature, followed by a vinyl set by DJ Harlan. “The Audacity,” named one of 2024’s most anticipated books by Lit Hub, has been called “A Modest Proposal by way of Succession” (Kevin Nguyen) and “fearless, irreverent, and so very funny” (Kimberly King Parsons).
About the Author:
Ryan Chapman is a Sri Lankan-American writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota, who currently lives in Kingston, New York. His debut novel “Riots I Have Known” (Simon & Schuster, 2019) was longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and named a best book of the year by Electric Literature and The Marshall Project. His criticism and humor pieces have appeared in Bookforum, The New Yorker, The Guardian, McSweeney’s, The Los Angeles Times, BOMB, The Brooklyn Rail, Frieze, and elsewhere. He teaches at Vassar College and the Sewanee School of Letters.
