The well-known British writer Zadie Smith will come to Dartmouth in February 2016. I would recommend any of her books starting with her first novel White Teeth that follows its characters across generations and decades when British multiculturalism was being created. Inspired by E.M. Forster's Howards End, her novel On Beauty tells of two families, the relationship between parents and children, academic life, politics and the messiness of life. Do not hesitate to read any other book by Smith as her voice and her comments on contemporary society follow the reader long after reading her books.