Author Koritha Mitchell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English at The Ohio State University, will discuss her book, Living with Lynching: African-American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930. This groundbreaking and award-winning book is the first full-length critical study of lynching plays in American Culture.
Dr. Mitchell specializes in African-American literature, racial violence throughout the U.S. literature and contemporary culture, and black drama and performance. Living with Lynching has won awards from the American Theatre & Drama Society and from the Society for the Study of American Women Writers.
Wednesday, April 23 | 7:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Bexley Public Library Auditorium
2411 E Main St, Columbus, OH 43209
