Adam Mansbach Discusses "The End of the Jews"

Wednesday, May 21 Adam Mansbach will discuss his new book "The End of the Jews" at Vanguard in Hollywood. The event will begin with a conversation between author Adam Mansbach and journalist/Professor Josh Kun and continue with music by Soulsides' DJ O-Dub.

Adam Mansbach's latest novel is a family drama that explores race, religion, art, and identity in 20th century America. "The End of the Jews" features grandfather/grandson graffiti bombing missions, a Czech girl passing for black in America, relatives betraying each other through novels, stoned Bar Mitzvah DJs, swaggering Jewish geniuses remaking postwar American culture, and more. Mansbach's previous novel is the critically-acclaimed bestseller "Angry Black White Boy, or The Miscegenation of Macon" a satire about race, whiteness, and hip hop.

Mansbach is the founding editor of the pioneering '90s hip hop journal Elementary, and a former Artistic Consultant to Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies. His other books include the novel "Shackling Water", the poetry collection genius "b-boy cynics getting weeded in the garden of delights", and the short story anthology "A Fictional History of the United States With Huge Chunks Missing", which he co-edited with T Cooper.

Josh Kun is an Associate Professor in the Annenberg School of Communication and the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC where he directs The Popular Music Project at The Norman Lear Center. He is the author of "Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America" and co-author with Roger Bennett of "And You Shall Know Us By The Trail Of Our Vinyl: The Jewish Past as Told By The Records We've Loved and Lost".

"The End of the Jews" by Adam Mansbach Wed, May 21st
Discussion, 7pm
Music and Book signing, 8pm
Vanguard
6021 Hollywood Blvd (at Gower)
Presented by Reboot and JDub.
The event is free. RSVP: jaclyn@rebooters.net

In March Celeste Sunderland interviewed Adam Mansbach for Gothamist. You can read her interview with him here.