"Black Panther" comic book co-author Evan Narcisse to visit NYS Writers Institute Friday, October 12

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ALBANY, NY (10/02/2018) (readMedia)-- EVENT DETAILS:

Evan Narcisse, cultural critic and co-author with Ta-Nehisi Coates of Rise of the Black Panther will visit the NYS Writers Institute at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 12, in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's Downtown Campus. The event will feature a screening of clips from the hit film BLACK PANTHER followed by a Q&A with Narcisse. The event, free and open to the public, is cosponsored by Albany High School. For more information, contact the NYS Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at nyswritersinstitute.org.

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Evan Narcisse, cultural critic and co-author with Ta-Nehisi Coates of Rise of the Black Panther will visit the NYS Writers Institute at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 12, in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's Downtown Campus. The event will feature a screening of clips from the hit film BLACK PANTHER followed by a Q&A with Narcisse.

The event, free and open to the public, is cosponsored by Albany High School.

Rise of the Black Panther has become a bestselling series that presents the backstory of the most popular black character in comic book history. The six-issue series is now available as a bound graphic novel.

Rise of the Black Panther provides a mythic foundation for the Marvel comic book franchise that has become a transformative cultural phenomenon, enlisting the talents of some of America's leading African American public intellectuals and writers, including Coates and Roxane Gay.

Narcisse is a long-time comic book critic for io9, the sci-fi blog. His reviews and articles have also appeared in Essence, the Washington Post, and Atlantic Monthly.

For more information, contact the NYS Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at nyswritersinstitute.org.

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