Schedule - 2006 NBWC

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
(program subject to change)

Thursday, March 30, 2006

5:30 pm ? 6:30 pm Opening Reception
President?s Conference Center

6:45 pm ? 7:00 pm Line up for Procession to Founders Auditorium

7:00 pm ? 7:15 pm Role Call, Introductions, Proclamations, Awards
to Haki Madhubuti and Marita Golden

7:15 pm - 8:45 pm A Conversation with Marita Golden
Introduction by Susan McHenry
Founders Auditorium

8:45 pm ? 9:30 pm Book Signing: Marita Golden, Haki Madhubuti & Myrlie Evers-Williams
Founders Auditorium (Lobby)

Friday, March 31, 2006 Mistress of Ceremonies, Linda Humes
* All events are located in Founders Auditorium, unless otherwise noted
* Book-signings immediately follow each event at the Barnes & Noble NBWC Bookstore

9:00 am- 10:00 am Storytelling by Griot Tracy Cook

10:00 am ? 11:00 am Readings and Storytelling: Children?s Literature
Re-imagining Our Lives through Literature
Panelists: Irene Smalls, Javaka Steptoe, Lynnette Velasco, Valerie Wilson Wesley
Moderator: Linda Humes

11:00 am ? 11:45 am Lunch

12:00 noon ? 1:15 pm Hip Hop in the Classroom
Panelists: Abiodun Oyewole, Toni Blackman, Tracy Cook
Moderator: Perry Greene

1:30 pm ? 2:45 pm Re-imagining Our Lives through Literature
Readings & Discussion by Young Adult Authors
Panelists: Lindamichellebaron, Eric V. Copage, Jacqueline Woodson, Cathy Wright Lewis
Moderator: Dale Allender

1:45 pm ? 3:00 pm Seminar with Walter Dean Myers (Invitation Only)
Introduction by Max Desir
The ?S? Building (S105)

3:00 pm ? 4:00pm An Afternoon of Poetry with Haki Madhbuti

3:00 pm ? 4:30 pm Performance Workshop with Staceyann Chin (Invitation Only)
Introduction by Anissa Brathwaite
Cafeteria Annex

4:00 pm ? 5:30 pm Tales of Our Times: Stories by Elder African Americans
Norman B. Johnson Lecture Hall

5:00 pm ? 6:30 pm Poetry Caf? featuring Stone Forest Ensemble and Urban Word Slam Team
Facilitated by Keisha Green

7:00 pm ? 9:00 pm A Celebration of Black Poetry
Readings with Tracy K. Smith, Willie Perdomo, Mo Beasley, Toni Blackman
Hosted by Gregory Pardlo

Saturday, April 1, 2006
* All events are located in Founders Auditorium, unless otherwise noted
* Book-signings immediately follow each event at the Barnes & Noble NBWC Bookstore

10:00 am ? 11:30 am History as Narrative in Literature by Black Writers
Panelists: Herb Boyd, Valerie Boyd, Christopher John Farley, Jewell Parker Rhodes
Moderator: Adam McKible

11:30 am ? 12:30 pm Lunch

12:30 pm ? 2:00 pm The Paradox of Race and Identity in Literature by Black Writers
Panelists: Mohammed N. Ali, Elizabeth Nunez, Emily Raboteau, Ishmael Reed
Moderator: Linda S. Jackson

2:15 pm ? 3:45 pm Speculative Fiction
Panelists: Samuel Delany, Tananarive Due, Walter Mosley, Sheree Rene Thomas
Moderator: Robert Reid-Pharr

4:00 pm ? 5:30-pm The Black Writer as Literary and Cultural Artist
Panelists: Steven Barnes, Carl Hancock Rux, Camille Yarbrough, Woodie King, Jr.
Moderator: Carlos Russell

5:30 pm ? 6:30 pm A Reading and Conversation with Valerie Wilson Wesley
Introduction by Colin Channer

7:00 pm ? 9:00 pm VIP Reception (located in The ?S? Building, across from the Bedford campus)

Sunday, April 2, 2006
* All workshops are held at Bedford Campus, unless otherwise noted
* Book-signings immediately follow each workshop at the Barnes & Noble NBWC Bookstore

10:30 am ? 12:30 pm Workshops
Fiction ? Nelly Rosario Room 1021
Poetry ? Quincy Troupe Room 1025
Reviewing Black Books ? Angela Dodson Room 1026

1:00 pm ? 3:00 pm Workshops
Book Proposals ? Regina Brooks Room 1028
Speculative Fiction ? Sheree Rene Thomas Room 1029
Memoir ? Ebele Oseye/Ellease Southerland Room 1026

3:30 pm ? 5:00 pm Editors, Agents, and Publishers on Publishing Black Literature
Panelists: Tonya M. Evans, Manie Barron, Malaika Adero
Moderator: Linda Duggins
President?s Conference Center

Christian Literature: Is It Christian or Merely Cultural?
Panelists: Obery Hendricks, Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood, Faith Adiele
Moderator: Rev. Rosemary Bray
Founders Auditorium