Well after the error was pointed out to me, I went back to the website and lo and behold, the 2011 information magically appeared. (More like they just updated it today or yesterday, and had I only waited, I wouldn't have gone through the trouble of my fancy cut/paste and coloring job.) Well, I'm very disappointed. Medgar Evers College won't be holding a conference this year. Instead they will host a one-day symposium to celebrate the works of playwright August Wilson. The 11th National Black Writers' Conference will be held in March 2012. The conference theme will be "The Impact of Migration, Popular Culture and the Natural Environment in the Literature of Black Writers." I'll be there, no doubt about that.
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ORIGINAL POST - For laughs and giggles I suppose
I'm tempted to attend the National Black Writers' Conference this year. It's held at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. I've gone in the past and really enjoyed the panel discussions. I'm especially interested in the "Speculative Fiction: Fantasy, Horror & the Supernatural in the Fiction of Black Writers" panel. Oh why must I live where I live when NYC has so much that I enjoy. But the nation's capital isn't too bad, it's been good to me. For the most part.
But back to the conference. Toni Morrison is this year's honorary chair. And to add to the enticement, there's a restaurant right across the street that serves very tasty soul food-inspired dishes.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Writing & Literature Workshops for Elementary, Middle School & High School Students
9:00 am to 11:30am
Elementary School Program
Cheryl and Wade Hudson, Zetta Elliot, Tony Medina
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Middle School Writing Workshop
Tonya Hegamin
High School Program
Tara Betts, John Murillo and Abiodun Oyewole, Featured Poets
High School Writing Workshop - Sponsored by PEN American Center
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Elders Workshop Presentation (Medgar Evers College)
Donna Hill, Moderator
9:30 am to 10:45 am
"The Resurrection of Memory in the Works of Toni Morrison"
Robin Ford, Moderator
12:30 pm to 1:45 pm
"Music as Language in African American Texts"
Emmanuela Maurice, Moderator
2:00 pm to 3:15 pm
"The Legacy of John Oliver Killens"
TBA, Moderator
3:30 pm to 4:45 pm
"The Politics of Language"
Baker Wilson, Moderator
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Presentation of Student Play, Fanon Founders Auditorium
Featuring Students at Medgar Evers College, Written by Prof. Delridge Hunter
7:00 PM
Official Conference Opening:
A Conversation with Kamau Brathwaite and Welcome to South End Press
Terrie M. Williams, Mistress of Ceremonies
Thomas Sayers-Ellis, Introduction of Kamau Brathwaite
Founders Auditorium, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Friday, March 26, 2010
10:00 am to 11:30 am
"The Black Writer as Literary Activist"
Patrick Oliver, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Dorothea Smartt, and Frank Wilderson III
Louis Reyes Rivera, Moderator
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
"Politics and Satire in the Literature of Black Writers"
Herb Boyd, Thomas Bradshaw, Charles D. Ellison and Major Owens
Obery M.Hendricks as Moderator
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
"Shifting Identities: The Black Writer in the African Diaspora"
Edwidge Danticat, Courttia Newland, Colin Channer and Carole Boyce-Davies Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Moderator
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
"Black Writers Reconstructing the Master Narrative"
Catherine Acholonu, John F Baker Jr., Breena Clarke & Betty DeRamus
Pamela Newkirk, Moderator
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
"Tribute to Toni Cade Bambara"
Malaika Adero, Hattie Gossett, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Linda Holmes, Louis Massiah, Eugene Redmond, Eleanor Traylor, Cheryl Wall, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez
Linda J. Holmes Moderator
Saturday, March 27, 2010
10:00 am to 11:30 am
"The Impact of Hip Hop and Popular Culture in the Literature of Black Writers"
Steven C. Fullwood, Felicia Pride & Toure
Karen Hunter, Moderator
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
"The Impact of the Internet: Blogging, Publishing and Writing"
Grace Ali, Nick Charles, Troy Johnson & April Silver
Esther Armah, Moderator
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
"Literary Encounters: East Meets West—A Dialogue"
Meena Alexander, Marina Budhos, Shelley Eversley, and M G Vassinji
Margaret Cox, Moderator
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
"The Impact of War & Natural Disasters in Literature by Black Writers"
Chris Abani, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, James McBride and Maaza Mengiste
5:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Kevin Powell – Featured Speaker
"Black Writers Creating Memories and Lighting the Way"
Readings
11:00 am to 11:30 am
Donna Hill
Sponsored by the Center for Black Literature
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm
Colson Whitehead
Sponsored by the National Black Writers Conference
12:45 pm to 1:15 pm
Joy James
Sponsored bySouth End Press
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Bernice McFadden, Rakesh Satyal, Tiphanie Yanique
Sponsored by the Brooklyn Literary Council
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Allen B. Ballard, Victor LaValle, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Sponsored by the African American Literature Book Club
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Talkshops
10:00 am to 11:15 am
Fiction, Tayari Jones
Poetry – Sonia Sanchez
Book Reviews: Clarence V. Reynolds
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Dramatic Writing- Thulani Davis
Creative Non Fiction: TK
Book Proposals- Krishan Trotman
Panel Discussions
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
"Speculative Fiction: Fantasy, Horror & the Supernatural in the Fiction of Black Writers"
L.A. Banks, Michael Boatman, Jewell Parker Rhodes & Cheo Tyehimba
Dale Allender, Moderator
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
"Restoring Community: Black Writers Respond to the Environmental Crises"
Majora Carter, Alixa and Naima (Climbing PoeTree), Omar Freilla
Nina Mercer, Moderator
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
"Editors, Agents, Writers and Publishers on the Literature of Black Writers"
Regina Brooks, Linda Duggins ,Chris Jackson & Johnny Temple
Fred Beauford, Moderator
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