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The Craft of Teaching on Black Life & Literature
Friday, March 25, 2022
12:10 pm to 1:10 pm
This discussion features contributing writers to Teaching Black: The Craft of Teaching on Black Life and Literature. In a conversation moderated by the anthology’s coeditors, participating authors speak about the significance of writing and teaching Black literature, the labor it requires, and the beauty that comes from it. They will read excerpts from the anthology and discuss how their work reflects pedagogies, experiences, and practices of teaching Black literature and centering Black life.
Participants
drea brown is a poet/scholar and assistant professor of English at Texas State University. The author of dear girl:a reckoning, drea has writing featured in various academic, creative, and public scholarship magazines and journals.
Ana-Maurine Lara, PhD, is a national award-winning poet, novelist, and scholar. She is the author of several books; Lara’s work focuses on questions of Black and Indigenous people and freedom. She has been published in literary and scholarly journals and is an associate professor in women, gender, and sexuality studies at University of Oregon.
Aricka Foreman is an American poet and interdisciplinary writer from Detroit, Michigan. Her debut poetry collection, Salt Body Shimmer, earned her the 2021 Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry. She has earned fellowships from Cave Canem, Callaloo, and the Millay Colony for the Arts.
