The Art of Reinvention: How to Chase Success but Not Lose Yourself
Mateo Askaripor in conversation with D. Watkins

3:30 am – 5:00 pm
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Lobby Stage

PARKING
https://www.bsomusic.org/visit-joseph-meyerhoff-hall/

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New York Times bestselling novelist MATEO ASKARIPOUR, whose debut novel, an immediate bestseller, Black Buck, is a cautionary tale that reads like the Wolf of Wall Street, serves as a manual on how to survive as ‘other’ in a corporate world, will speak on reinvention and navigating success with Baltimore’s own NYT bestselling, success story, D. WATKINS. When the novel launched, Ron Charles (Washington Post), in a review wrote, “A month ago, I’d never heard of Mateo Askaripour. Today I would buy anything from him.” National Book Foundation named Askaripour a 2023 “5 under 35” recipient. His forthcoming novel, This Great Hemisphere, introduces Sweetmint, a young invisible woman, and illustrates the degree to which reality can be shaped by non-truths and vicious manipulations while shining a light on our ability to surprise ourselves when we stop giving in to the narratives others have written for us. D. Watkins’ most recent book, Black Boy Smile, “is a love letter to Black boys in concrete cities.” Editor-at-Large for Salon, Watkins writes for the HBO mini-series We Own This City, hosts the show’s companion podcast, and was featured in the HBO documentary, The Slow Hustle. This will be a talk, a reading, a conversation with two widely successful authors who talk about keeping it real when success lands at your doorstep.

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CityLit Project and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in partnership with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company present CityLit Festival: Dismantling the Culture of Silence. This celebration of the arts showcases a bevy of leading poets and writers on April 20, 2024. We’re talking fiction, nonfiction, poetry galore, and ways to up the ante on your craft.

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