ALL ARE WELCOMED TO ATTEND!

Tenth National Black Writers Conference

THEME:  “And Then We Heard the Thunder: Black Writers Reconstructing Memories and Lighting the Way”

Thursday, March 25 – Sunday, March 28, 2010

Toni Morrison
Nobel Prize winning author
Honorary Chair

Honorees-
Amiri Baraka, Author & Poet
Kamau Braithwaite, Educator & Historian – Professor, New York University
Dr. Edison O. Jackson, former President, Medgar Evers College, CUNY

Confirmed Participants:
John F. Baker, Jr.; L.A. Banks; Fred Beauford; Herb Boyd; Marina Budhos; Yvonne Bynoe; Breena Clarke; Nick Charles; Colin Channer; Linda Duggins; Troy Johnson;
Phyllis Montana –LeBlanc; James McBride; Zanemvula Mda; Courttia Newland;
Isidore Okpewho; Jewell Parker Rhodes; Joseph Sebarenzi; Kalamu ya Salaam; Frank Wilderson
and many more…

Register online at:
http://events.aalbc.com/reg_2010_nbwc.htm

The theme of the Conference, “And Then We Heard the Thunder: Black Writers Reconstructing Memories and Lighting the Way” is taken from the title of John Oliver Killens’ novel on World War II. It draws upon the concepts of thunder, memory and light as a metaphor for both the historical representation of the literature of Black writers and the representation of new and future directions for contemporary and emerging literary voices.

The National Black Writers Conferences, inspired by the late John Oliver Killens, have been held at Medgar Evers College since 1986. Conference themes have focused on stereotypes in black literature, the direction of black literature, the renaissance in black literature, the impact of black literature on society, literature as access, and expanding conversations on race, history, identity, and genre.

www.nationalblackwritersconference.org

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