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(New Orleans - March 8, 2022) The �������� School of Communication and Design will host a conversation and book signing with scholar and New York Times best-selling author Clint Smith on Friday, March 11 at 4 p.m. in Nunemaker Auditorium, 6363 St. Charles Ave. The ��conversation will be moderated by award-winning journalist Will Sutton, a columnist with The New Orleans Times-Picayune/The Advocate and professor of journalism at Loyola. The event is free and open to the public.��

Smith, a New Orleans native and staff writer for The Atlantic, is the author of the narrative ��nonfiction book “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across ��America.” The book landed on President Barack Obama’s top 13 book recommendations of 2021 and The New York Times Bestseller List. Smith is also the author of the poetry collection “Counting Descent,” which won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of ��the American Library Association and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award.��

“We are honored to welcome Clint to our campus,” said Sheryl Kennedy Haydel, director of ��Loyola’s School of Communication and Design. “His work adds a deeper understanding to our ��history and is an inspiration to our students to never shy away from telling stories that transform ��the way we think.”��

Attendees can bring a copy of his book. The book signing will follow the discussion. The SCD is ��requiring masks and proof of vaccination to attend.��
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