

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ian Frazier with Jamaica Kincaid
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Watchung Booksellers is proud to welcome back Montclair author Ian Frazier to discuss his latest collection The Snakes That Ate Florida with his longtime friend and colleague, the award-winning writer Jamaica Kincaid. The talk will be held on Wednesday, January 28 at 7:00 in The Kids Room, 44 Fairfield St. 

The The Snakes That Ate Florida consists of features and reportage for The New Yorker beginning in 1970 to work published in the last year, including writing on subjects as divergent as the mega-fires that burned the grasslands of the Great Plains in 2018, the tragic secret life of the manufacturer of maraschino cherries, the world’s largest beaver dam, and the invasive Burmese pythons of the Florida Everglades. In this collection, Ian Frazier captures the multiplicity, the strangeness, and the wonder of contemporary life.

Jamaica Kincaid and Frazier became friends while writing for The New Yorker over 50 years ago. She is the award-winning author of numerous short stories and novels, including At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, and most recently, a collection of essays, Putting Myself Together: Writing 1974–. 

Tickets for the event are $32 and include a signed copy of The Snakes That Ate Florida. Visit watchungbooksellers.com/events to purchase.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/montclair/ian-frazier-with-jamaica-kincaid/200029480080515
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://watchungbooksellers.com/events/4252220260128?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=montclair-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Montclair
- **state**: NJ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 44 Fairfield St, Montclair, NJ 07042-4137, United States
- **lat**: 40.8294
- **long**: -74.2059
- **full address**: 44 Fairfield St, Montclair, NJ 07042-4137, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Watchung Booksellers (https://allevents.in/org/watchung-booksellers/24778743)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 44 Fairfield St, Montclair, NJ 07042-4137, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Watchung Booksellers
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, kids
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Ian Frazier with Jamaica Kincaid ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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