The Ninth
National Black Writers Conference
Conference Schedule
Conference Schedule
All Programs are in the FOUNDERS AUDITORIUM unless otherwise
indicated.
Friday, March 28, 2008
9:00 am — 12:00 pm
High School & College Students Sponsored by Big Read, African VoicesZora Neale Hurston Program for High School Students
Film and Discussion
Valerie Boyd, Tayari Jones, Lindamichelle Baron - Presenters
Film on Zora Neale Hurston
Panel Discussion on Zora Neale Hurston
9:00 am — 11:00 am
Middle & Elementary School Workshops Sponsored by The Links Incorporated
Middle School Workshop —
Medgar Evers Preparatory School
Gregory Walker
Memnon Series— Reading, Writing, Talk
Location: Lecture Hall S122
Workshops Sponsored by PEN American Center
Session I -Fiction, Memoir, Poetry — High School Students
Locations: TBD
12:30 pm — 2:30 pm
Middle School Workshop - Fifth GradeOmari Jerimah and Jaira Placide
Location: N. B. Johnson Lecture Hall B20__
Elementary School Workshop — Third to Fifth Grade
Tonya Bolden
Location: Classroom B10__
Workshops Sponsored by PEN American Center
Session II -Fiction, Memoir, Poetry — High School Students
Locations: TBD
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Poetry Cafe
Sponsored by Urban Word & College Now Office of Collaborative Programs
Poets — Roger Bonair, Lynne Procope
Student Poets
Location: Cafeteria Annex
Elder's Writing Presentation
Sponsored by Poets and Writers
Location: N. B. Johnson Lecture Hall B20__ or Lecture Hall S122
5:00 pm — 6:30 pm
Opening Reception & Award Program for Randall Robinson and Susan L. TaylorSponsored by Caribbean American Chamber of Congress, Center for Nu Leadership, Center for Caribbean Research, Center for Law and Social Justice, and DuBois Bunch Center for Public Policy
Location: President's Conference Center
6:30 — 7:45 pm
Official Conference Opening
8:00 pm — 9:30 pm
Randall Robinson Talk
Panel Discussion: Representations of Male Images in Literature by Black Writers
Thomas Glave, William Jelani Cobb, Nathan McCall, Kevin Powell
Moderated by Patrick Henry Bass9:30 pm — 10:00 pm-
Book Signings
Saturday, March 29, 2008
11:00 am — 5:00 pm
NBWC Reading Series
Brooklyn Literary Council
Caribbean Research Center
Tinhouse Magazine
MEC English Department
AKILA WORKSONGS & the Fatherhood Project
10:00 am — 11:30 am
Panel Discussions
Roundtable: Impact of Katrina and 911 on Literature by Black Writers
Jerry Ward, Brenda Marie Osbey, Thulani Davis, Kevin Powell
11:45 am — 12:45 pm Poetry Panel, Reading and Discussion
Erica Hunt, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Quincy Troupe
Moderated by Patricia Spears Jones
2:00 pm — 3:15 pm
Panel: Historical Representations of Resistance and Transformation in Black Literature
Valerie Kinloch, David Durham, Lawrence Jackson, Nancy Rawles
Moderated by Jacqueline Brice-Finch
3:30 pm — 4:45 pm
Panel: Resistance and Reconciliation: Transforming Our Lives through Narrative
Martha Southgate, Tayari Jones, Eisa Ulen, Honoree Jeffers
Moderated by Farah Jasmine Griffith
5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
Cornel West: Transforming Our Lives, Transforming the World
Cornel West
6:30 pm — 9:00 pm
VIP Reception and Awards Program
Sponsored by the Office of the President, Medgar Evers College, Edison O. Jackson
Sonia Sanchez, Cheryl and Wade Hudson as Honorees
Location: Charles Evans Inniss Library
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Talkshops
10:00 am — 11:15 am
Session IPublishing in Literary Magazines; TBA
Poetry: Quraysh Ali Lansana
Dramatic Writing: Thomas Bradshaw
12:00 pm — 1:30 pm
Session IIFiction: Donna Hill
Creative Non Fiction (Memoirs) - Asha Bandele
Book Proposals: Regina Brooks
1:00 pm — 2:15 pm
Panel: Writers, Agents, Editors, and Publishers on Black Literature
Moderated by: Angela Dodson
Kassahun Checole, Fred Beauford, Regina Brooks
2:30 pm — 3:45 pm -
Dedicated to Memory of Richard Wright
Julia Wright and Amiri Baraka
4:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Publishing and Selling Black Literature
Conversation: Terry McMillan & Jabari Asim
5:00 pm — 5:30 pm Conference Wrap Up and Closing
Read the January 12, 2008 Press Release
Related Links
The Ninth National Black Writers Conference: An
Evolving Process
A reflective piece by Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Executive
Director Center for Black Literature
http://events.aalbc.com/the_nbwc_an_evolving_process.htm
National Black Writers
Conference 2000
Report from the Field by Kalamu ya
Salaam
http://events.aalbc.com/nat'l1.htm