Artist, author, and editor Christopher Myers will deliver the 2021 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture on Thursday evening, September 30, at 7:30 pm, in Great Hall, Memorial Union, on the UW-Madison campus.
Mr. Myers is the author and illustrator of distinguished and singular books for youth, including Wings, H.O.R.S.E., My Pen and Black Cat. He has also illustrated books written by others, including his late father, Walter Dean Myers, such as Harlem, Jazz, and Monster. He is the creative director of the Make Me a World imprint at Random House Children’s Books, committed to publishing stories that defy erasure, eliminate borders, respond to hard questions, and nurture dreams.
The lecture will also be livestreamed, and recorded.