MAY 17, 2025
in Downtown Greensboro
One Day. Endless Stories. All Free!
For Adults
Sarah McCoy + Valerie Nieman | Recreating History | 1:30 PM | Van Dyke Performance Space
Dolen Perkins-Valdez | Happy Land | 2:30 PM | Greensboro History Museum
Support provided by the Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro; Cole Levin Center for Art and Human Understanding fund
Andy Corren | Dirtbag Queen | 3:00 PM | Van Dyke Performance Space
Lee Hawkins + Aran Shetterly | The 1979 Greensboro Massacre & Generational Trauma | 4:30 PM | Van Dyke Performance Space
Christopher A Cooper + Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove | How NC Became a “Purple State” | 6:00 PM | Van Dyke Performance Space
For Children, Picture Books
Kamal Eugene Bell | Akeen Keeps Bees | 10:00 AM | GreenHill Center for NC Art
Natasha Tarpley | Keyana Loves series | 11:00 AM | GreenHill Center for NC Art
Patrice Gopo | Ripening Time | 12:00 PM | GreenHill Center for NC Art
For Poets
HS Poet Laureates | Special Presentation | 11:30 AM | Greensboro History Museum
Kristie Frederick Daugherty + Elly Bookman | Taylor Swift is Teaching us Literature | 1:00 PM | Greensboro History Museum
O. Henry Magazine Writers’ Workshops
Jim Dodson | The Art of Memoir | 10:00 AM | Greensboro Public Library
Ashley Lumpkin | Using Poetry to Process Emotions | 11:30 AM | Greensboro Public Library
Sheri Castle | Little Known Ways of Getting Published | 2:00 PM | Greensboro Public Library
Maria Johnson | The Funny Business of Writing | 3:30 PM | Greensboro Public Library
Ross Howell | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 5:00 PM | Greensboro Public Library
DON’T FORGET OUR BOOKEND EVENTS!
Festival Day is just the centerpiece — these two authors will help us turn the first and final pages of this year’s literary celebration:
MAY 15 | 7:00 PM | Elliott University Center Auditorium
Percival Everett | James | in partnership with UNCG University Libraries (currently on a wait-list only)
MAY 28 | 7:00 PM | Van Dyke Performance Space
Cristina Henríquez | The Great Divide | in partnership with Greensboro Public Library, the Greensboro Public Library Foundation and Creative Greensboro
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS
