Rob Franklin

About The Author

Born and raised in Atlanta, Rob Franklin is a writer of fiction and poetry, and a cofounder of Art for Black Lives. A Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and finalist for the New England Review Emerging Writer Award, he has published work in New England Review, Prairie Schooner, and The Rumpus among others. Franklin lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches writing at the School of Visual Arts. Great Black Hope is his first novel.

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NOV 8

10:00AM

In Person

Rob Franklin

Portland Book Festival

Portland Art Museum

1219 SW Park Avenue

Portland, OR 97205

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Great Black Hope

A Novel

By Rob Franklin

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