CONWAY — The Faulkner County Library will present an evening with Andrei Codrescu, author and NPR commentator, at 7 p.m. Friday. Codrescu will discuss his newest book, The Posthuman Dada Guide, followed by a book signing.
Codrescu has been a commentator on All Things Considered since 1983. He can be heard on public radio KUAR FM 89.
His novels, essays and poetry have been infiltrating the American psyche since he emigrated from his native Romania to Detroit in 1965. He is the author of 40 books of poetry, fiction and essays, and the founder of Exquisite Corpse: A Journal of Life and Letters. He has received a Peabody award for the PBS version of his film Road Scholar, and has reported for NPR and ABC News from Romania (1989) and Cuba (1996). His new books are The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara and Lenin Play Chess (Princeton University Press, 2009) and Jealous Witness: New Poems (Coffee House Press, with a compactdisc of Storm Songs by The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars. Codrescu lives in New Orleans and the Ozarks.
The Posthuman Dada Guide is an impractical handbook for practical living in the posthuman world - all by way of examining the imagined 1916 chess game between Tristan Tzara, the daddy of Dada, and V. I. Lenin, the daddy of communism.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Refreshment donations are accepted.
The Posthuman Dada Guide will be for sale at the event for those interested. Patrons are advised to arrive early for best seating.
For additional information, contact Sarah Mattingly, adult programming coordinator, at (501) 327-7482 or e-mail sarah@fcl.org.
River Valley Ozark, Pages 164 on 08/30/2009