Poets & Writers Theater

In this event for the House of SpeakEasy’s “Seriously Entertaining” series, David Santos Donaldson celebrates the launch of his debut novel, Greenland (Amistad, 2022), by sharing the story of his reckoning with what it means to be Black in America from the perspective of a native Bahamian and queer artist. Donaldson is featured in “5 Over 50: 2022” in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

“The only time I meet a stranger is when I confront myself. Any time I meet new people, they’re not strangers.” Poet, novelist, and essayist Chris Abani tells a story about meeting strangers in the airport, learning from their kindness, and how these experiences have influenced his writing for this 2016 House of SpeakEasy event at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in New York.