Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit)
Troy Johnson Interviewed by Brenda M. Greene
Published: Thursday, October 17, 2024

Dr. Brenda Greene interviews Troy Johnson, the founder of the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) and President of AALBC.com, LLC. Greene and Johnson discuss the history of how the AALBC website has provided a platform for Black writers, authors, and literary professionals to showcase their work. They also discuss the landscape of book publishing, bookstores, the challenges of hosting a website dedicated to Black books, and the ways that writers, readers, and the general public can support AALBC.

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The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY (CBL) serves as a resource for Black writers and the public to study the literature of Black people from the United States, the Caribbean, Africa, and other parts of the African diaspora. This channel highlights select video content from the Center's programs offered throughout the year.

CBL's various programs and publications include the critically acclaimed National Black Writers Conference (NBWC), the Killens Review of Arts & Letters, the “Re-Imagining Our Lives through Literature” program (ROLL), the Wild Seeds Retreat for Writers of Color, the “Writers On Writing” radio program, the Dr. Edith Rock Writing Workshop for Elders, and other programs.