Description Jamaican-born novelist Marlon James is the winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for
A Brief History of Seven Killings, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a
New York Times Notable Book. He is also the author of
The Book of Night Women and
John Crow's Devil, which was a finalist for the
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for first fiction and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. James lives in Minneapolis.
Part of
Eat, Drink & Be Literary 2016
Moderated by Lorin Stein
Lorin Stein is the editor of
The Paris Review and an editor at large at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He has worked with Lydia Davis, Jonathan Franzen, John Jeremiah Sullivan, and James Wood. Stein's criticism has appeared in
Harper's, the
London Review of Books, and
The New York Review of Books. His translation of Michel Houellebecq's
Submission was published last year. He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Matt Bolus: Guest Chef
Matt Bolus is the executive chef of the 404 Kitchen in Nashville, TN. He takes a hands-on approach to his cuisine, insisting upon seeing, smelling, and tasting every ingredient that comes through the door. His culinary career has included stints in the kitchens of Fig in Charleston and Flyte and Watermark in Nashville. Bolus counts as his greatest professional success the restaurant’s 2014 James Beard nomination.
