Thursday, January 25, 2018, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

The Columbia Center for Oral History Research Office will sponsor a talk with author Jennifer Egan about the use of oral histories in her new novel, Manhattan Beach, about Brooklyn in the 1930s and 40s. Egan will discuss her “experiences as an interviewer, how she thinks oral history differs from journalism, and the process by which facts and stories are transformed by her imagination into entirely new stories.”

This event is part of a yearlong series on Oral History and the Arts and co-sponsored by the School of Journalism and co-sponsored by the Brooklyn College Listening Project.

The event is free with no registration is required, but RSVPs on the event Facebook page are appreciated.