1st SAT Workshop Postponed for Writers Confab
1st SAT Workshop Postponed for Writers Confab
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Because of conflict in schedule with the National Black Writers Conference taking place April 2 to April 5 there will be=20 NO WRITERS' WORKSHOP @ SISTAS' PLACE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5
WORKSHOP WILL RESUME ON 3RD SATURDAY=20 APRIL 19TH AT 12 NOON with Louis Reyes Rivera Saturday, April 19, 2003 Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Basics & Advanced
FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING =20 6th National Black Writers Conference April 2 - 5, 2003 HERE'S THE LINE-UP
Panels & workshops held at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York University, and Medgar Evers College/CUNY *
some events are free and open to the general public;=20 others require registration
Featuring:=20 Amiri Baraka, Marita Golden, Walter Mosley,=20 Elizabeth Nunez, Michael Eric Dyson, Camille Yarbrough,=20 John Edgar Wideman, jessica Care moore, Stanley Crouch, Joan Morgan, Colin=20 Channer, Toni Blackman,=20 Louis Reyes Rivera, Terrie Williams, Quincy Troupe,=20 Woodie King, Jr., and many others!
Wednesday, April 2 "Literature as Propaganda: Reconsidering W.E.B. DuBois=E2=80=99s Souls of Black Folk"=20 with Stanley Crouch and Playthell Benjamin 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Co-sponsored by The Studio Museum in Harlem this pre-conference event is free and open to the public=20
Friday, April 4 (Friday events @ Medgar Evers College) FILM: =E2=80=9CEmmett Till=E2=80=9D 9:00 am - 10:45 am There will be a discussion after the film=20
"Conformity & Resistance: Writing for Film"
11:00 am -12:00 pm
Panelists: Sam Pollard, Thulani Davis, Richard Wesley,
Yvonne Welbon ~ Moderator: Clyde Taylor
"READING: Emerging Voices: Writers on Their Work" 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Readers: Obery Hendricks, Ravi Howard, Nelly Rosario, Nicole Bailey Williams ~ Moderator: Marita Golden=20
Spoken Word/Hip-Hop Poetry Event
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
MC: jessica Care moore
Official Conference Opening: VIP Reception & Photo Exhibit=20 ("Dripping Ink: Light as a Feather: Heavy as Lead") 6:00 pm =E2=80=93 7:00 pm Co-sponsored by African Voices
"Reflections on Literature as Access"
7:00 pm =E2=80=93 9:00 pm
A conversation with NBWC Honorary Chair=20
Elizabeth Nunez and Guests
with a Special Tribute to John O. Killens=20
(novelist and co-founder of NBWC)
Saturday, April 5
"The State of Black Literature"
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Panelists: Tina McElroy Ansa, Amiri Baraka,
Keith Gilyard, Sonia Sanchez **,=20
John Edgar Wideman ~ Moderator: Max Rodriquez
"Writing to Publish: Authors, Editors, and Agents on Contemporary Writing" 11:15 am - 12:45 pm Panelists: Malaika Adero, Colin Channer, Donna Hill, Tracey Sherrod ~ Moderator: Linda Duggins
"Writing Our Selves: Memoir"
11:15 am - 12:45 pm
A Conversation with Michael Eric Dyson
Interviewed By Joan Morgan
"Conformity and Resistance: Writing for Stage" 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Panelists: Eisa Davis, Paul Carter Harrison, Laurence Holder, Marcia Leslie ~ Moderator: Woodie King, Jr.
"Saving Our Futures: Inspirational,
Self-Help, and Motivational Books"
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Panelists: Patrik Henry Bass, Herb Boyd,
Brooke Stephens, Terrie Williams,=20
"Voices of Conscience: Poets, Griots, and the Spoken Word" 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Panelists: Toni Blackman, Linda Susan Jackson, Tony Medina, Louis Reyes Rivera, Tracy K. Smith ~ Moderator: Delridge Hunter ~~~~~~~~~~ "It Takes a Village: The State of Children's Literature" 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Panelists: Cheryl Hudson, Christopher Meyers, Walter Dean Myers, Camille Yarbrough ~ Moderator: Wade Hudson
WORKSHOPS=20 (all workshops will be held at Medgar Evers College and require a separate=20 registration)=20 Poetry Workshop with Quraysh Ali Lansana=20 (11:15 am - 12:45 pm) Writing for Theater and Screen with Marcia Leslie=20 (11:15 pm - 12:45 pm) Writing Children's Literature with Camille Yarbrough=20 (11:15 pm - 12:45 pm) Preparing a Successful Book Proposal with Tracey Sherrod (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm) Fiction: The First Chapter with Donna Hill=20 (2:00 pm - 3:30 pm) Songwriting with Masauko Glyn Chipembere=20 (2:00 pm - 3:30 pm) Biography and Memoir with Quincy Troupe=20 (4:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
- The Studio Museum in Harlem is located at 144 W. 125th Street (NYC). For=20 more information about this venue, please call 212.864.4500. Medgar Evers=20 College is located at 1650 Bedford Avenue (Brooklyn, NY).
** For serious health reasons, Dr. Sonia Sanchez will not be in attendance a= s=20 originally confirmed. She will, however, provide a statement on the topic=20 which will be presented at this panel.
for additional program information, registration, directions, FAQ Sheet, and other details, please call The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College at 718.270.6976 or visit our website at www.nbwc.org requests for media kits are directed to 718.756.8501 or pr.media@akilaworksongs.com or aworksongs@aol.com