Genre: Arts & Ideas
Conversation, Past Event

New York Times best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to the Apollo stage to kick off the national book tour for his boldly imagined first novel, The Water Dancer. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity as Special Guest Oprah Winfrey interviews Apollo Theater’s inaugral Master Artist-in-Residence. Purchase your tickets now to be among the first to witness the launch of this nation-wide tour. Each ticket includes an advanced copy of The Water Dancer.
In his latest work, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me and We Were Eight Years in Power, brings home the most intimate evil of enslavement: the cleaving and separation of families. Driven by the author’s fierce imagination and striking ability to bring readers deep into the interior lives of his brilliantly rendered characters, The Water Dancer is the story of America’s oldest struggle—the struggle to tell the truth—from one of America’s most exciting writers.
This evening will also serve as Coates’ first program as Apollo Theater’s inaugural Master Artist-in-Residence. The three-year initiative will include events on the Apollo’s iconic stage and in the Apollo’s new spaces in the Victoria Theater opening in Fall 2020.