Adam Mansbach Reading & Signing April 29, 2008

Adam Mansbach's latest novel, The End of the Jews, was published in March 2008 by Spiegel & Grau/Doubleday. An ambitious and affecting family drama and a sweeping tour of race, religion, art and identity in 20th century America, The End of the Jews features grandfather-and-grandson graffiti bombing missions, a Czech girl passing for black in America, relatives betraying each other through novels, stoned Bar Mitzvah DJs forcing people to dance the hora to Eric B & Rakim's microphone fiend, swaggering Jewish geniuses remaking postwar American culture, and much more.

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 work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, The New York Times, Vibe, JazzTimes, Wax Poetics, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Guilt & Pleasure, Poets & Writers, Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip Hop (Basic Civitas, 2007), The Best Music Writing (Da Capo, 2004), and elsewhere. He also writes a weekly political column for NewsOne.com.

A dynamic public speaker whose lectures combine elements of spoken-word, hip hop, comedy, and traditional scholarship to address the complexities of identity, hip hop, history, literature, and popular culture, Mansbach has spoken on college campuses across the country. He teaches writing at the San Francisco Art Institute.

We are excited to welcome Adam Mansbach to Rakestraw Books on Tuesday, 30 April 2008 at 7:00 PM to read from and sign The End of the Jews. Please give us a call at (925) 837-7337 if you have any questions.

Official Website: http://www.rakestrawbooks.com