Day Four of the National Black Writers Conference is Saturday, April 2, 2022. Enjoy the talkshops, roundtable discussions, and the awards program. Afternoon Host: MO BEASLEY, Beasley Media | Evening Host: LURIE DANIEL FAVORS, Center for Law and Social Justice and the Lurie Daniel Favors Show on SiriusXM Urban View

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET | Roundtable: “Nobody Knows My Name: Race Relations in Black Literature” | Speakers: LADEE HUBBARD, IBRAM X. KENDI, and MAURICE CARLOS RUFFIN | Moderator: KAREN HUNTER

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET | Roundtable: “Making a Way Out of No Way: Healing the Community” | Speakers: MONICA COLEMAN, KIESE LAYMON, and MARTHA SOUTHGATE | Moderator: THABITI LEWIS

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ET | Roundtable: “From the Margin to the Center: Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism in Black Literature” | Speakers: EMILY BERNARD, BRITTNEY COOPER, and NICOLE DENNIS-BENN | Moderator: JERVETTE WARD

CENTER FOR BLACK LITERATURE AWARDS PROGRAM

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ET

Founded in 1986 at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, the National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) has a rich history of uplifting Black writers from all parts of the world. In recent years, the Center for Black Literature (founded in 2002 and the current presenters of NBWC) began selecting honorees whose life work would be celebrated at the four-day gathering. The Center selects writers and artists who are exemplars of the Black aesthetic and who reflect the vision and values of John Oliver Killens, the Conference’s founder.

Honorees have included literary giants such as Amiri Baraka, Steve Barnes, Kamau Brathwaite, Margaret Burroughs, Carl Clay, Maryse Condé, Edwidge Danticat, Kwame Dawes, Tananarive Due, Michael Eric Dyson, Charles Johnson, Woodie King Jr., David Levering Lewis, Dominique Morisseau, Walter Mosley, Stanley Nelson, Eugene B. Redmond, Voza Rivers, Susan L. Taylor, Quincy Troupe, Derek Walcott, Richard Wesley, Colson Whitehead, and others. Honorary Chairs have included Rita Dove, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Toni Morrison, and others.

This year, NANA CAMILLE YARBROUGH will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for the Literary and Performing Arts. And this year’s Conference honorees are:

• HERB BOYD (NBWC2022 Honoree, John Oliver Killens Award)
• EDDIE S. GLAUDE JR. (NBWC2022 Honoree, W. E. B. Du Bois Award)
• TRACY K. SMITH (NBWC2022 Honoree, Gwendolyn Brooks Award)
• JACQUELINE WOODSON (NBWC2022 Honoree, Toni Morrison Award)

This program is subject to change. NBWC2022 is all virtual this year. All times are Eastern.

Media inquiries are directed to April R. Silver of AKILA WORKSONGS via pr@akilaworksongs.com or (718) 756-8501 (office). Visit www.CenterForBlackLiterature.org for more details.

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🚨 The NBWC2022 Talkshops Listed Below Are Seperate Events and Are NOT Included in the Main Registration Fee. Each Talkshop is $30 and They Run Concurrently.

➡️ How To Register for the Talkshops. Visit https://bit.ly/nbwc2022talkshops

• The PUBLISHING TALKSHOP features Monique Patterson (VP, Editorial Director, Acquisitions. St. Martin’s Press/McMillan) and Stacey Barney (Associate Publisher Penguin, Random House)

• The MEMOIR TALKSHOP features Bernice L. McFadden (author of First Born Girls) and Elle Johnson (author of The Officer’s Daughter; screenwriter of Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madame C.J. Walker)

• The FICTION TALKSHOP features Brian W. Smith (author and adjunct professor of creative writing) and Victor McGlothin (screenwriter and author of My Father's Son)

• The YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE TALKSHOP features Tony Medina (poet and young adult author of Follow-up Letters to Santa from Kids Who Never Got a Response)

• The POETRY TALKSHOP features Keisha-Gaye Anderson (poet and author of Gathering the Waters, Everything Is Necessary, and A Spell for Living)

⭐ Registration for the aforementioned NBWC2022 Talkshops are NOT included in the main registration fee. To register, visit https://bit.ly/nbwc2022talkshops. Each Talkshop is $30 and the five Talkshops run concurrently on Saturday, April 2, 2022.

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This program is subject to change. NBWC2022 is all virtual this year. All times are Easte11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET.

Media inquiries are directed to April R. Silver of AKILA WORKSONGS via pr@akilaworksongs.com or (718) 756-8501 (office). Visit www.CenterForBlackLiterature.org for more details.