Information About this Event
Rough Trade NYC is very excited to present a book talk + signing with Allyson MCabe and Vernon Reid on Thursday, June 1st at 6pm.
This unique event celebrates the release of Allyson's new book 'Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters' released on May 9th via University of Texas Press.
Your ticket provides free entry to the book talk.
Talk will begin promptly at 6pm, please arrive a few minutes early.
Please bring your smartphone with you to display the ticket on entry.
On arrival, the purchase of relevent items will be necessary in order for it to be signed.
We recommend arriving early for available seating. The rest will be standing room only.
In 1990, Sinéad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many people—including, for years, the author—what they knew of O’Connor stopped there. Allyson McCabe believes it’s time to reassess our old judgments about Sinéad O’Connor and to expose the machinery that built her up and knocked her down.
Addressing triumph and struggle, sound and story, Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters argues that its subject has been repeatedly manipulated and misunderstood by a culture that is often hostile to women who speak their minds (in O’Connor’s case, by shaving her head, championing rappers, and tearing up a picture of the pope on live television). McCabe details O’Connor’s childhood abuse, her initial success, and the backlash against her radical politics without shying away from the difficult issues her career raises.
This is an all ages event.
