NATHAN McCALL
Thursday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Over a decade after former Washington Post journalist Nathan McCall became nationally-known for his galvanizing coming-of-age memoir, Makes Me Wanna Holler, he makes this very welcome return to Elliott Bay to read from his much-awaited first novel, Them (Atria)."The embattled characters who people Mccall's trenchant, slyly humorous debut novel can't escape gentrification, whether as victim or perpetrator ... Masterfully orchestrated and deeply disturbing illustrations of the dept of the racial divide play out behind the scrim of [protagonist] Barlowe's awkward attempts to have conversations in public with new white neighbor Sandy. McCall also beautifully weaves in the decades-long struggle over King's legacy ..." - Publishers Weekly. Also the author of an essay collection, What's Going On, Nathan McCall today teaches African-American Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. His 1994 reading and discussion here for Makes Me Wanna Holler was a memorable one in the decades of these nights happening.

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