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Conversations Tope leads, interviews about his own work, and appearances across literature and public life.
Conversations hosted by Tope
Writers, artists, and thinkers in dialogue. Recordings appear newest first.
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Miguel Ángel Hernández + Tope Folarin
The Pain of Others · Politics and Prose
Karl Ove Knausgaard + Tope Folarin
The School of Night · Politics and Prose
Oyinkan Braithwaite + Tope Folarin
Cursed Daughters · Politics and Prose (Union Market)
Rabih Alameddine + Tope Folarin
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) · Lannan Center, Georgetown University
Denice Frohman + Tope Folarin
Poetry, basketball, and music · HoCoPoLitSo’s The Writing Life
Leila Aboulela + Tope Folarin
River Spirit · Lannan Center, Georgetown University
Rabih Alameddine + Meghan O’Rourke + Daniel Marchalik + Tope Folarin
Surviving in the Aftermath · Lannan Symposium, Georgetown University
Abdulrazak Gurnah + Tope Folarin
Afterlives · Sixth & I
Tomás Q. Morín + Morgan Talty + Tope Folarin
Let Me Count the Ways & Night of the Living Rez · National Book Festival
Dayo Olopade + David Smith + Tope Folarin
Lessons in Democracy · Lannan Symposium, Georgetown University
Martin Amis + Tope Folarin
The Rub of Time · Politics and Prose at Sidwell Friends Meeting House
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Audio conversations
Interviews & appearances
Tope on his own work, along with readings and panel appearances. Recordings appear newest first.
15 entries
Metamodern Fiction
With Tope Folarin, Peter Clarke, and Daniel Garner · Hosted by Greg Dember · What Is Metamodern?
Who Counts as a Human Being?
Tope Folarin’s opening address · 2026 Henry A. Wallace Symposium. Recording also includes Sarah Anderson’s policy presentation.
Metamodernism and Autofiction: A Discussion with Tope Folarin
A conversation with Greg Dember about autofiction, metamodernism, and A Particular Kind of Black Man, with reflections on literature and film.
How to Survive in the Book Criticism Landscape
A panel on the shrinking space for book criticism, fair pay, and sustaining a life as a freelance critic. Presented by the National Book Critics Circle and Freelance Solidarity Project.
Tope Folarin · Whiting Award Reading
A reading from A Particular Kind of Black Man as a recipient of the 2021 Whiting Award for Fiction.
Literary Conversations: Intersections
A PEN/Faulkner conversation about identity in fiction with Min Jin Lee and Douglas Stuart, moderated by Bethanne Patrick and co-presented with the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Craft Happy Hour with Tope Folarin
A virtual conversation with Zach Powers about writing a debut novel and creating characters, presented by The Writer’s Center.
Tope Folarin: A Particular Kind of Black Man
A book talk about A Particular Kind of Black Man, exploring identity, exile, and belonging. Recorded at Politics and Prose.
Decolonizing the Mind | 2019 Lannan Symposium
A panel on Rhodes Must Fall, decolonizing education, and the African literary canon, with Mukoma Wa Ngugi and April Sizemore-Barber. Moderated by Cóilín Parsons at Georgetown’s Lannan Symposium.
African Futures | 2019 Lannan Symposium
Readings from forthcoming work with Maaza Mengiste, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, and Makena Onjerika, introduced by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey at Georgetown’s Lannan Symposium.
Caine Prize for African Fiction Recipient
A Voice of America report on the Caine Prize and the challenges facing African writers, featuring interviews with Tope and prize trustee Alicia Adams.
Conversations with African Poets & Writers: Tope Folarin
A reading from “Miracle” and a conversation with Angel Batiste about Tope’s work and contemporary African literature, recorded at the Library of Congress.
Writing Precarity | 2014 Lannan Symposium
A conversation with Dinaw Mengestu and Eileen Myles on writing and economic precarity, moderated by Mark McMorris at Georgetown’s Lannan Symposium.
Tope Folarin | 2013–2014 Lannan Readings and Talks
A reading at Georgetown’s Copley Formal Lounge, with introductions by Carolyn Forché and Nathan Hensley, as part of the Lannan Readings and Talks series.
The Scholars: Tope Folarin
An interview with E. Ethelbert Miller for UDC-TV’s The Scholars, featuring Tope as the Caine Prize–winning author of “Miracle.”
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Interviews & podcasts
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In the press
20 entries
Tope Folarin, Morehouse grad, wins prestigious Whiting Award with debut novel
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Arrival: On Tope Folarin’s “A Particular Kind of Black Man”
Los Angeles Review of Books
A Nigerian-American Bildungsroman, in Mormon Country
The New York Times
ES magazine's summer reading list
Evening Standard
What to Read for Summer 2019
The Kojo Nnamdi Show
4 Writers to Watch This Summer
The New York Times
Debut novels and rising star writers to look out for in 2019
Culture Whisper · archived article
Tope Folarin finds his place in the literary world
The Washington Post
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