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A Second Celebration for CQR's Anthology of Black American Literature 2
Saturday, March 26, 2022
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Join the Chicago Quarterly Review for a second celebration of its Anthology of Black American Literature, guest-edited by National Book Award winner and MacArthur Fellow Charles Johnson. This reading showcases the breadth of voices that have been brought together in this remarkable issue as well as the Chicago Quarterly Review's commitment to special editions, the fifth in its history. Interspersed with questions and commentary, five contributors of prose and poetry read from their work.
Participants
David Nicholson is a former editor and book reviewer for the Washington Post Book World. He was the founding editor of the quarterly Black Film Review. He is the author, most recently, of a collection of stories: Flying Home: Seven Stories of the Secret City.
celeste doaks is a poet and journalist who has published widely in the US and the UK. She's the author of Cornrows and Cornfields and the award-winning chapbook American Herstory. She is also the editor of the poetry anthology Not Without Our Laughter. You can find her at www.doaksgirl.com.
LeVan D. Hawkins is a published poet and writer. He is a Lambda Literary, Millay Colony of the Arts, Marble House Project, and MacDowell fellow. He has read his work at venues such as Dartmouth College, UCLA Hammer Museum, Disney Hall Redcat Theater, Highways Performance Space, and Dixon Place Theater.
Aaron Coleman is the author of the poetry collection Threat Come Close and the chapbook St. Trigger. He is an NEA Creative Writing Fellow, Fulbright Scholar, Cave Canem Fellow, and ALTA Jansen Fellow. Aaron is a postdoctoral fellow in Critical Translation Studies at the University of Michigan.
