City Lights presents Ayize Jama-Everett in conversation with Tân Khánh Cao. Ayize Jama-Everett discusses his new book “Heroes of an Unknown World”, published by Small Beer Press. This in-person event was hosted by Peter Maravelis and co-sponsored by Medicine for Nightmares.

You can purchase copies of “Heroes of an Unknown World” directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/sci-fi-fantasy/heroes-of-an-unknown-world/

Ayize Jama-Everett calls the Bay Area his home despite being born in New York City. He holds a Masters degrees in Divinity, Clinical Psychology, in Fine Arts, Creative Writing. He has worked as a bartender, a translator, a drug and alcohol counselor, a stand-up comedian, a script doctor, a ghostwriter, a high school dean, a college professor, and for a brief time, a distiller of spirits. Jama-Everett’s Liminal series began with “The Liminal People” and continued with “The Liminal War” and “The Entropy of Bones”. He has also written a graphic novel, “Box of Bones” with two-time Eisner Award winner John Jennings and has written for “The Believer” and the “LA Review of Books”, among others.

Tân Khánh Cao is an artist who works in a variety of media. She is co-owner of Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery.

This event was made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation