Behind every migration, there is a story. In Dinaw Mengestu’s award-winning novel, he tells the powerful story of Sepha Stephanos, an Ethiopian immigrant living in Washington, D.C. after fleeing his country’s revolution seventeen years earlier. Join us for a discussion about the book’s theme of migration. 

Pick up a Free copy of the book at the library! 

Learn about our Immigrant Oral History program.

No need to register.  

This event is in conjunction with the Big Read.  See all of the special programming here.

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.