LaDarrion Williams in Conversation with Clarence A. Haynes: Blood at the Root - The 92nd Street Y, New York
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LaDarrion Williams in Conversation with Clarence A. Haynes: Blood at the Root

May 20, 2024


Join acclaimed playwright, filmmaker and author LaDarrion Williams on his gripping debut fantasy novel, Blood at the Root.

Following a teenager on the run from his past who finds the community he never knew he needed at an school for the young, Black, and magical, Blood at the Root is a fantasy debut like none other. Williams, frustrated by the lack of Black magical stories on film and television, set out to write a new kind of fantasy story — reimagining a Hogwarts-like setting as a richly-imagined HBCU. Hear him discuss his inspiration for the novel, the importance of Black fantasy and magical narratives, how his work for the stage and screen influenced the book, and much more.


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