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Rob Franklin

Photograph by Emma Trim

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.

Appearances
JUN 15
0:00:00
in person
Gramercy Books
In Person
Gramercy Books OPTIONAL BOOK-BUNDLED event in conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib.
2424 E Main St
Bexley, OH 43209
JUN 16
0:00:00
in person
Politics & Prose
In Person
Politics & Prose event in conversation with NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe.
5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
JUN 17
0:00:00
in person
Harvard Bookstore
In Person
Harvard Bookstore event in conversation with Saeed Jones/Vibe Check. 1256 Massachusetts Ave.
1256 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
JUN 18
0:00:00
in person
Odyssey Bookshop
In Person
Bookstore event with interlocutor (TBD) and First Edition Club pick (150+ books)
9 College St
South Hadley, MA 01075
JUN 19
0:00:00
in person
Zero Bond
In Person
Native Son Book Club event with Greenlight Bookstore at Zero Bond. Event to be taped and posted to Native Son and Queerty IG accounts.
0 Bond St
New York, NY 10012
JUN 20
0:00:00
in person
Midtown Scholar Bookstore
In Person
Midtown Scholar Bookstore event with John Vercher.
1302 N 3rd St
Harrisburg, PA 17102
JUN 25
0:00:00
in person
IG Headquarters
In Person
PRIDE Book Fair at IG Headquarters. Meta to pre-purchase 30 copies of GBH (likely, via Porchlight). From Meta: This is an invite-only event. We are planning to have roughly 600 attendees at this event that will include a mix of Meta employees.
770 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
JUN 25
0:00:00
in person
Word Up
In Person
Word Up OPTIONAL BOOK-BUNDLED event in conversation with Roxane Gay at Harlem School of the Arts.
645 St. Nicholas Ave
New York, NY 10031
JUN 26
0:00:00
in person
Books Are Magic
In Person
Books Are Magic Pride panel event moderated by CJ Hauser featuring Sarah Aziza (The Hollow Half); Rob Franklin (Great Black Hope); Erica Peplin (Work Nights); Harron Walker (Aggregated Discontent).
225 Smith St
Brooklyn, NY 11231

Books by Rob Franklin