Events for April 9 - March 28

Join us for the 36th Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series (CAALS), featuring acclaimed novelist Percival Everett, the 2024 National Book Award winner for Fiction. Percival Everett will deliver the prestigious Bauder Lecture in the Marygrove Theatre. As the latest distinguished guest in Marygrove Conservancy’s lecture series, Everett will read from his works, discuss his literary career, and engage with audience questions. Everett is the author of 24 novels, including Erasure, which was adapted into the award-winning film American Fiction. His most recent novel, James, is a New York Times best-seller that reinterprets Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the [...]