McBride has been featured on national radio and television in America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.Ī native New Yorker and a graduate of New York City public schools, McBride studied composition at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. He received the Stephen Sondheim Award and the Richard Rodgers Foundation Horizon Award for his musical Bobos, co-written with playwright Ed Shockley. He also has written songs (music and lyrics) for Anita Baker, Grover Washington Jr., Pura Fé, Gary Burton and even for the PBS television character Barney. In addition to writing, McBride toured as a saxophonist sideman with jazz legend Jimmy Scott, among others. His work has appeared in Essence, Rolling Stone and The New York Times. McBride is a former staff writer for The Boston Globe, People magazine and The Washington Post. Through writings about his own uniquely American story and his works of fiction informed by our shared history, his moving stories of love display the character of the American family.” McBride also authored the novels Song Yet Sung and The Good Lord Bird, the 2013 National Book Award Winner for Fiction that has been adapted by Ethan Hawke and Jason Blum into a Showtime series bearing the same name.įormer President Barack Obama awarded McBride the 2015 National Humanities Medal “for humanizing the complexities of discussing race in America.
Anna and co-wrote Lee’s 2012 film, Red Hook Summer. In addition, McBride wrote the script for Miracle at St. Anna, was translated into a major motion picture directed by American film icon Spike Lee. The memoir is considered an American classic and is read in schools and universities across the U.S. McBride’s landmark memoir, The Color of Water, rested on The New York Times bestseller list for two years and explored McBride’s search for identity as the son of a white Jewish woman and a Black man. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us. McBride’s latest novel, Deacon King Kong, tells the story of a 1969 shooting in Brooklyn, N.Y., and the strange intersections of the lives of the characters involved in the incident. A livestream of the event is accessible at /mcbride.Īuthor, musician and screenwriter James McBride will speak about his latest novel during an endowed lecture in Cole Hall on the campus of Bridgewater College on Tuesday, Sept.
An American sign language (ASL) interpreter will be present to facilitate communication between McBride and deaf or hard of hearing attendees. Bring your own book or books available to purchase on site. A book signing will be held from 8:30-9 p.m. The format for the event is a traditional lecture with Q&A to follow. Notes: This event is free and open to the public.
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