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Join us for a special reading event, as we welcome author and music executive, Nabil Ayers, to the Unicorn Stage, touring in support of his new book, My Life in the Sunshine, followed by a conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib.
Ayers’ memoir, My Life in the Sunshine (Viking) details his struggle to connect with his father, famed vibraphonist and jazz musician Roy Ayers. The book includes stories about growing up as a biracial kid with a single mother, living in Seattle in the ‘90s and touring in rock bands, and how a job in a record store led him to become president of the U.K.-based record company Beggars Group, which represents The National, Radiohead, Adele and many others.
Ayers has written about race and music for the New York Times, Pitchfork, NPR’s Code Switch, GQ and Rolling Stone. Copies of My Life in the Sunshine will be available for sale, and Ayers will sign them after the talk.
“Across a soundscape of ’70s New York jazz, ’90s Pacific Northwest grunge, and ’00s indie rock, Nabil traces the image of his father through song. With growing fascination and heartbreak, he draws out meaning from the shadow of absence, and ultimately redefines what it means to be a family.” – Michelle Zauner, New York Times bestselling author of Crying in H Mart
