David Wright Faladé (UIUC professor in Creative Writing, English) will read excerpts from his collection of work, including highlights from "Black Cloud Rising," which has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, and the New Yorker. A former Fulbright Fellow to Brazil, Faladé was also the 2021–22 Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow of the NY Public Library’s Cullman Center for Writers. Part of HRI's Un/Doing series.