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Writers Are Laborers, Too: Building a Road to Relief, Recovery, & Representation

Virtual
Thursday, March 24, 2022
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm

 

In the wake of COVID, arts communities, including literary communities and artists, have been devastated. As we emerge, arts activists are looking beyond relief to new modes for supporting artists and the arts. Can there be a new new deal for artists? What might it include? Four thinkers explore how the arts build equity and discuss art as labor, art as a component of repair and reparation, and current initiatives designed to create a richer, more abundant future for working artists.

This virtual discussion room will take place live and will not be recorded for on-demand viewing.



Outline & Supplemental Documents

Event Outline: AWP22_Writers_Are_Laborers_Too.docx.pdf

Participants

Moderator:

Matthew-Lee Erlbach is a writer, organizer, lobbyist, and cofounder of Arts Workers United/Be An Arts Hero. He has written for Netflix, Showtime, and Nickelodeon; as a playwright, Off-Bway and Steppenwolf. His work has received support from the NEA, Puffin Foundation, and Humanitas, among others.

Cathy Linh Che is the author of the poetry collection Split, winner of the Kundiman Poetry Prize, the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies.

David Haynes is a twenty-five-year member of faculty at the MFA program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. He has written seven novels; Martha’s Daughter: A Novella and Stories will be published soon. He is the board chair for Kimbilio, an organization serving writers of the African diaspora.

David Kipen

#AWP24

February 7–10, 2024
Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Convention Center