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THIS
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The Ninth
National Black Writers Conference
Online Registration
(ended March 21st 2008)
Onsite Registration
Available
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College
Celebrates The Ninth National Black Writers Conference: Black
Writers: Reading & Writing to Transform Their Lives & the World
Friday, March 28, 2008 - Sunday, March 30, 2008
The Ninth National Black Writers Conference: Black
Writers: Reading and Writing to Transform Their Lives and the World will
offer panel discussions, readings, workshops and conversations to focus
on the ways in which black writers use literature to transform their
lives and the larger global community. Inspired in 1986 by the late
John
Oliver Killens, the National Black Writers Conference was convened to
bring together writers, critics, book-sellers, book reviewers, and the
general public to discuss issues affecting black writers. Since 1986 the
National Black Writers Conferences at Medgar Evers College have
attracted a wide range of writers and scholars from the African diaspora.
Review the Conference Schedule
Read the January 12, 2008 Press Release
For more information, please call 718.270.4811 or visit
the Center for Black Literature's Website
http://www.mec.cuny.edu/nbwc
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Online Registration
Online Registration
Ended March 21st 2008
On Site Registration Available Day of the Event |
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Review Conference Schedule |
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General Admission - 3 Days / FULL
$60.00 (on site registration is $75) |
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General Admission - 3 Days / FULL
+ Book Meditations and Ascension
$73.00 (Book is discounted 33% and will be given to you
on site) |
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General Admission - 3 Days / FULL (Student / Faculty / Senior
Rate)
$30.00 |
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General Admission - 3 Day / FULL (Group Rate - 10 people
Minimum)
$50.00/ person |
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General Admission - 1 Day / FULL
$30.00 |
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General Admission - 1 Day / FULL (Student / Faculty / Senior
Rate)
$15.00 |
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Saturday Reception - One Admission Rate
$75.00
($55 is tax
deductible)
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Talkshops (One)
$25.00 |
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Talkshops (Two)
$40.00 |
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Talkshops: (please indicate your selections during
payment)
| SUNDAY MARCH 30, 2008 10AM -11:30 AM
• Publishing in Literary Magazines
• Poetry
• Dramatic Writing
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
• Fiction
• Creative Non Fiction (Memoir)
• Book Proposals |
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Meditations
and Ascension: Black Writers on Writing
Click to order via Amazon
Register
on-line for The 9th National Black Writers Conference (General Admission - 3
Days / FULL + Book) and receive book, during the conference, at a 33%
discount
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.

Brenda M. Greene
Ph.D., Professor of English
Executive Director,
Center for Black Literature
Medgar Evers College
For information about the Center contact:
Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Executive Director
Center for Black Literature
bgreene@mec.cuny.edu
www.mec.cuny.edu/blacklitcenter
Related Links
The Ninth National Black Writers Conference Schedule (March 28 -
30 2008)
http://events.aalbc.com/9th_nbwc_schedule_2008.htm
The Ninth National Black Writers Conference: An Evolving Process
A reflective piece by Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Executive Director Center
for Black Literature
http://events.aalbc.com/the_nbwc_an_evolving_process.htm
The Eighth National Black Writers Conference - March 30 to April
2, 2006
http://events.aalbc.com/the_8th_national_black_writers_conf.htm
National Black Writers
Conference 2000
Report from the Field by Kalamu ya
Salaam
http://events.aalbc.com/nat'l1.htm