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THE 2006 EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. |
The Eighth National Black Writers Conference
Black Literature: Expanding Conversations
on Race, Identity, History and Genre
Thursday, March 30, 2006 - Sunday, April 2, 2006
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College Celebrates The Eighth National Black Writers Conference: Black Literature�Expanding Conversations on Race, Identity, History and Genre
Visit the
Center for Black Literature's Website for more information
http://www.mec.cuny.edu/nbwc
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College recently announced that
The Eighth National Black Writers Conference will be held on Thursday, March 30,
2006 through Sunday, April 2, 2006. Invited authors include
Haki Madhubuti,
Walter Mosley,
Samuel Delany,
Walter Dean Myers, Quincy
Troupe,
Ishmael Reed,
Elizabeth Nunez, Willie
Perdomo, and
Camille Yarbrough,
among others. Dr. Myrlie Evers-Williams, wife of the late civil rights activist,
Medgar Wiley Evers, is the Honorary Conference Chair.
Described by Walter Mosley as �the most significant gathering of black writers
in the country,� the National Black Writers Conference is the largest gathering
of its kind in North America. Initially conceived in 1986 by the late author
John Oliver Killens, the
Conference has consistently attracted a stellar array of writers and scholars
including
Maya Angelou,
Amiri Baraka,
Alice Walker, and others.
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�We are very excited to be able to bring together writers, readers, agents,
editors, publishers, and the general public to hear black writers read from a
range of genres,� said Dr. Brenda Greene, Director of the Center for Black
Literature. �We hope to raise awareness and consciousness about black literary
writers, and examine the ways in which the themes and issues in black literature
encourage us to expand our conversations on race, identity, history, and genre.�
Other invitees to this year�s Conference include:
Marita Golden,
Jewell Parker Rhodes,
Valerie Boyd, Staceyann Chinn,
Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, Herb Boyd, Christopher John Farley,
Sheree Renee Thomas, Abiodun,
Jacqueline Woodson, Toni Blackman, Lindamichelle Baron,
Obery Hendricks, Carl
Hancock Rux, Javaka Steptoe,
Valerie Wilson Wesley,
and Ellease Southerland.
This year�s Conference has received funding from the National Endowment for the
Arts, Independence Community Foundation, The New York Times, and College Now
program of the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs. The Center for Black Literature
is also partnering with
Black
Issues Book Review and
AALBC.com (African
American Literature Book Club).
For further information about this historic literary event and for conference
updates, please call 718 270-4811 or visit the conference website at
www.mec.cuny.edu/nbwc.
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Meditations and
Ascension: Black Writers on Writing
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by Brenda M. Greene (Editor), Fred Beauford (Editor)
Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: Third World Press (May 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0883782960
ISBN-13: 978-0883782965
Book Description
Representing conversations from the
Eighth National Black Writers Conference in 2006, this collection
provides in-depth meditations and analyses of literature by black
writers. Reflections on the black experience, the American experience,
and a more global experience and worldview are all widely discussed, as
well as future trends and ascensions for black literature. Students,
teachers, journalists, and other writers will welcome the chance to view
parts of the writing process and see inside the heads of prominent black
writers. Participants include
Marita Golden,
Walter Mosley,
Ishmael Reed,
Herb Boyd,
Valerie Boyd,
Haki R. Madhubuti,
Elizabeth Nunez,
Tananarive Due,
Valerie Wilson Wesley,
Camille Yarbrough,
Susan McHenry, and many others.
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