SPECIAL EVENT
New Yorker Contributor and Two-Time Thurber Prize for American Humor Winner Ian Frazier in Conversation with Katherine Matthews
Wednesday, October 23 at 7:00 PM ET AT Capital University’s Huntington Recital Hall
After the event, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and meet/take a photo with Ian Frazier, as well as get your book signed. Ticket-bundled books will be available for pick up at the event. Additional books will also be available for purchase at the event while supplies last.
IMPORTANT: For navigation, type 2230 East Mound Street, Bexley, OH, 43209 in your map app—do NOT type “Huntington Recital Hall.” Enter the Conservatory of Music here (off the Mound Street pedestrian walkway).
ABOUT
PARADISE BRONX
Ian Frazier’s magnum opus: a love song to New York City’s most heterogeneous and alive borough.
For the past fifteen years, Ian Frazier has been walking the Bronx. Paradise Bronx reveals the amazingly rich and tumultuous history of this amazingly various piece of our greatest city. From Jonas Bronck, who bought land from the local Native Americans, to the formerly gang-wracked South Bronx that gave birth to hip-hop, Frazier’s loving exploration is a moving tour de force about the polyglot culture that is America today.
During the Revolution, when the Bronx was unclaimed territory known as the Neutral Ground, some of the war’s decisive battles were fought here by George Washington’s troops. Gouverneur Morris, one of the most colorful Founding Fathers, owned a huge swath of the Bronx, where he lived when he was not in Paris during the French Revolution or helping write the US Constitution.
Frazier shows us how the coming of the railroads and the subways drove the settling of the Bronx by various waves of immigration—Irish, Italian, Jewish (think the Grand Concourse), African American, Caribbean, Puerto Rican (J.Lo is one of the borough’s most famous citizens). The romance of the Yankees, the disaster of the Cross Bronx Expressway, the invention of rap and hip-hop, the resurgence of community as the borough’s communities learn mutual aid—all are investigated, recounted, and celebrated in Frazier’s inimitable voice.
This is a book like no other about a quintessential American city and the resilience and beauty of its citizens.
AUTHOR IAN FRAZIER
Ian Frazier is the author of Travels in Siberia, Great Plains, On the Rez, Lamentations of the Father, and Coyote v. Acme, among other works, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He graduated from Harvard University. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Ian lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Ian was the winner of The 1st Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing in 1997 (Coyote v. Acme) and won The Thurber Prize again in 2009 for Lamentations of the Father, making him the only two-time Thurber Prize winner.
CONVERSATION PARTNER KATHERINE MATTHEWS
Katherine Matthews is a freelance writer, editor, and writing instructor. She was managing editor at PageSpring Publishing and editor-in-chief of Flip the Page: Central Ohio's Teen Literary Journal. Her work has appeared in Columbus Monthly magazine and in the anthology awfully hilarious: period pieces. Her creative nonfiction received an Individual Excellence Award grant from the Ohio Arts Council. Katherine served as committee chair for the Word is Art Stage at the Columbus Arts Festival for six years.
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‣ Doors Open at Huntington Recital Hall | 6:30 pm ET
Huntington Recital Hall (2230 East Mound Street, Bexley, OH 43209)
All seats are first come, first served. Books will be available for pick up and purchase at the event.
‣ Main Event at Huntington Recital Hall | 7:00-8:00 pm ET
Huntington Recital Hall (2230 East Mound Street, Bexley, OH 43209)
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the program! You will have the opportunity to ask the author questions at the end of the event.
‣ Book Signing at Huntington Recital Hall | 8:00 pm ET
Huntington Recital Hall (2230 East Mound Street, Bexley, OH 43209)
All attendees will have the opportunity to meet and take a photo with Ian Frazier after the event and get their books signed.
Note: selfies and selfie sticks are not permitted. Thurber House will take your photo on your personal cell phone.
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‣ OPTION ONE: Event + Hardcover Book Bundle | $49
($14 ticket, $35 hardcover book)
This ticket includes:
Admission to the main event
Admission to the post-event book signing
A hardcover copy of Ian Frazier's Paradise Bronx (books will be available for pick up at the event)
‣ OPTION TWO: Event Only | $29
($29 ticket)
This ticket includes:
Admission to the main event
Admission to the post-event book signing
Walk-in tickets will be available at the event while supplies last. We strongly encourage you to register in advance.
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This event will be held at Capital University's Huntington Recital Hall (2230 East Mound Street, Bexley, OH 43209).
IMPORTANT: For navigation, type 2230 East Mound Street, Bexley, OH, 43209 in your map app—do NOT type “Huntington Recital Hall.” Enter the Conservatory of Music here (off the Mound Street pedestrian walkway).
Parking: Free parking is available in the Trinity Lutheran Seminary lot off College Avenue, located here. Attendees can also park in any other campus lot (no parking pass required).
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Selfie sticks are not permitted at this event.
Weapons of any kind are not permitted on Capital University's campus.
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Thurber House strives to be a welcoming environment for everyone, and we ask that all attendees respect the health and safety of others at all times.
Masks are encouraged but not mandatory. If you are sick, please do not attend the event (you will have the opportunity to pick up any pre-purchased books in the weeks following the event).
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For any questions that are not answered here, please email Jess Cox at jcox@thurberhouse.org or call 614-412-5955.
‣ Who is presenting this event? This is a Thurber House event that is being held at Capital University's Huntington Recital Hall.
‣ How will I receive my tickets? You will receive an email order confirmation containing your ticket(s). You can print or show your ticket(s) on your phone. If you are unable to do so, we will manually check you in.
‣ Can I order tickets by phone? Yes, although online orders are encouraged. To order by phone, call 614-412-5955.
‣ How do I get the book that comes with my ticket bundle? Ticket-bundled books will be available for pick up when you arrive at the event. Additional books will be for sale at the event while supplies last.
‣ How does the book signing work? You will have time to say a brief hello and get your book signed by Ian Frazier, as well as take a photo. No selfies or selfie sticks permitted—Thurber House will take your photo on your personal cell phone.
‣ Where do I park? Click the “Location & Parking” tab above for more information.
‣ What’s your refund policy? All ticket sales are final and non-refundable.
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Disclaimer: Views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by event and program speakers in all mediums are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Thurber House, its affiliates, or its staff/board.