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THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. |
Pan
African Literary Forum
July 3-18, 2008
GHANA
Jeffery Renard Allen, Director
Arthur Flowers,
Co-Director
Sean Hill, Administrative Manager
Week-long Workshops in Accra
Week-long Retreat and Master Classes in the Asante city of Kumasi
Faculty:
Colin Channer, Junot Diaz, Niq Mhlongo�Fiction
Kwame Dawes, Yusef Komunyakaa, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley�Poetry
E. Ethelbert Miller, Binavanga Wainaina�Creative Nonfiction
Sheree Thomas�Speculative Fiction
Sapphire�Performance Poetry
Special Guests Include:
Chimamanda Adichie, Mohammed Nassehu Ali, Jeffery Renard Allen, Walter Cummins, Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, David Daniel, Arthur Flowers, Nina Foxx, Mary Gaitskill, James Gibbons, Manu Herbstein, Myronn Hardy, Duriel Harris, Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, Major Jackson, Tyheimba Jess, Josip Novakovich, Bayo Ojikutu, Ed Pavlic, Caryl Phillips, Robert Polito, Francine Prose, Nellie Rosario, Lore Segal, Matthew Sharp, Terese Svoboda, Peter Tachtenberg, Eisa Ulen, Quincy Troupe, and John Edgar Wideman
Craft Classes and Lectures
Panels, Programs, and Consultations with faculty, agents, editors, and publishers
Tours and Special Cultural Events
Award Competitions:
Special Competition
for emerging writers from
Africa and the African Diaspora
Judges:
Junot Diaz�Fiction
Quincy Troupe�Poetry
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah�Creative Nonfiction
Winners will receive a Free Trip to the Conference and publication in The Literary Review and in a special insert of A Public Space
Open Competition for anyone who wishes to submit work
Judges:
John Edgar Wideman�Fiction
Terese Svoboda�Poetry
Josip Novakovich�Creative Nonfiction
Winners will receive a Free Trip to the Conference and publication in The Literary Review
Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships Available
For more information, write us at:
Pan African Literary Forum
544,511 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10011-8436
Email:
admin@panafricanliteraryforum.com
JeffAllen@panafricanliteraryforum.com
Aflowers@panafricanliteraryforum.com
Seanhill@panafricanliteraryforum.com
Phone: (917) 834-1852
www.panafricanliteraryforum.com
