LITERATURE + LECTURES

On Monday, November 15, at 6:00 PM Brazos Bookstore presents Jay-Z in conversation with Cornel West as he talks about his new book, Decoded, in a live telecast from the New York Public Library.

Jay-ZFiercely candid, uncompromising, provocative, inspiring – Decoded is the long awaited first book by the multi-platinum, 10 time Grammy Award winning artist, entrepreneur, and icon Jay-Z.

“When I first started working on this book, I told my editor that I wanted it to do three important things. The first was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics – not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC – are poetry if you look at them closely enough. The second was I wanted the book to tell a little bit of the story of my generation, to show the context for the choices we made at a violent and chaotic crossroads in recent history. And the third piece was that I wanted the book to show how hip-hop created a way to take a very specific and powerful experience and turn it into a story that everyone in the world could feel and relate to.” – Jay-Z, from Decoded

Tickets for this event available online, by phone, or in person. Click the link to purchase tickets for the event. $10 – Admission only; $35 – Admission + signed book (while quantities last).

**A limited number of autographed copies will be available**