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From the 2018 National Black Writers Conference, authors discussed the state of publishing for black writers.

The 2018 National Black Writers Conference’s awards program features David Levering Lewis, Kwame Dawes, Colson Whitehead, and more.

Panelists talked about politics and literature. Panelists included Edwidge Danticat, author of Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work; author Charles Johnson; and Victoria Chevalie…

Panelists talked about black writers in the digital age. Panelists included author and journalist Farai Chideya; Akiba Solomon, editorial director of Colorlines; poet Tai Allen; Johnny Templ…

Panelists talked about memories from youth to adulthood. Panelists included young adult novelist Coe Booth; Michael Datcher, author of Raising Fences: A Black Man’s Love Story; D. Watkins, a…

Professor Michael Eric Dyson and Khalil Gibran Muhammad participated in a discussion on writing about race. “A Conversation with Michael Eric Dyson and Khalil Gibran Muhammad” was part of…

Panelists talked about the impact and representations of race, power, and politics on America’s national discourse and on its political and social movements. The panel “Race, Power, and …

Panelists talked about the challenges of publishing in 2014 and suggested strategies for publishing the literature produced by Black writers. Topics included self-publishing, online publishi…

Panelists talked about how geographical spaces, gender, race, ethnicity, and class affect the literature of writers throughout Africa and the African diaspora, and the implications of these …

Panelists talked about environmental, health, and social issues that impact Black communities throughout the African diaspora. The panel “Saving Ourselves, Saving Our Communities” was pa…

Panelists talked about how to define Black literature and Black literary classics, and how the traditions of the Black Arts Movement and the Umbra Movement influenced the Black literary trad…

Authors talked about the use of literature and story to remember and depict the struggles, myths, and experiences of those of the African Diaspora. They focused on the works of several Afric…

The theme of the Eighth National Black Writers Conference was “Black Literature: Expanding Conversations on Race, Identity, History and Genre.” The opening program included a conversation …