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SUMMARY:Whatever Wholeness Means: Poetry in an Age of Separation
DESCRIPTION:This event is SOLD OUT.\n\n\n	 \n	\n		\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n		\n	\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n	\n\n\n**THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT**\n*All events are FREE\, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* \nFrom three unique perspectives\, these poets offer witness\, vulnerability\, and fierce attention to the troubled and yet still exquisite times. With CRYSTAL SIMONE SMITH\, KAY ULANDAY BARRETT\, and STUART DISCHELL. Hosted by MICHAEL GASPENY. \nYou may also be interested in:\n• A Conversation on Publishing for People of Color\n• Borderlands and Crossroads: Writing\, Racism\, and Asian American Life\n• Authors with Disabilities panel \n  \nCRYSTAL SIMONE SMITH is the author of two poetry chapbooks\, Routes Home\, Finishing Line Press (2013) and Running Music\, Longleaf Press (2014). She is also the author of Wildflowers: Haiku\, Senryu\, and Haibun (2016). Her work has appeared in numerous journals including: Callaloo\, Nimrod\, Barrow Street\, Obsidian II: Literature in the African Diaspora\, African American Review\, and Mobius: The Journal of Social Change. She is an alumna of the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop and the Yale Summer Writers Conference. She holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and lives in Durham\, NC with her husband and two sons where she teaches English Composition and Creative Writing. She is the Managing Editor of Backbone Press. \n KAY ULANDAY BARRETT is a poet\, essayist\, cultural strategist\, and A+ napper. They are the winner of the 2022 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Cy Twombly Award for Poetry and a recipient of a 2020 James Baldwin Fellowship at MacDowell. Their second book\, More Than Organs (Sibling Rivalry Press\, 2020) received a 2021 Stonewall Honor Book Award by the American Library Association and is a 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. They have received fellowships from VONA Voices\, Monson Arts\, Macondo\, and The Lambda Literary Review. They have featured at The United Nations\, The Lincoln Center\, The Hemispheric Institute\, Symphony Space\, Brooklyn Museum\, Dodge Poetry\, The Poetry Foundation\, The School of the Arts Institute\, Manchester PRIDE\, Sesame Street\, & more. Their contributions are found in The New York Times\, Poetry Magazine\, Academy of American Poets\, Colorlines\, Asian American Literary Review\, The Advocate\, Al Jazeera\, NYLON\, Vogue\, The Rumpus\, The Lily\, VIDA Review\, and elsewhere. Currently\, they serve as a curator at The Asian American Writer’s Workshop. \nSTUART DISCHELL is the author of Good Hope Road (Viking)\, a National Poetry Series Selection\, Evenings & Avenues (Penguin)\, Dig Safe (Penguin)\, Backwards Days (Penguin)\, Standing on Z (Unicorn)\, Children with Enemies (Chicago)\, and the forthcoming The Lookout Man (Chicago). A recipient of awards from the NEA\, the North Carolina Arts Council\, the Ledig-Rowohlt Foundation. and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation\, he is the Class of 1952 Excellence Professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. \nMICHAEL GASPENY is the author of the novella in verse\, The Tyranny of Questions (Unicorn Press) and the chapbooks Re-Write Men and Vocation. He has won the Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition and the O. Henry Festival Short Fiction Contest. His novel\, Postcard from the Delta\, is forthcoming from Livingston Press. For hospice service\, he has received The (North Carolina) Governor’s Award for Volunteer Excellence.
URL:https://greensborobound.com/event/whatever-wholeness-means/
LOCATION:Scuppernong Books\, 304 S Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401
CATEGORIES:API Authors,IBPOC Authors,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Writing Toward Justice: Non-Fiction as a Call to Action
DESCRIPTION:*All events are FREE\, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* \nJournalists and writers from different backgrounds discuss the importance of engaging equity\, criminal justice\, and community. The press\, and citizen journalists\, provide witness on systemic issues impacting local communities.  A conversation with DR. BENJAMIN GILMER\, WANDA SMALLS LLOYD and PHOEBE ZERWICK. Hosted by DEONNA KELLI SAYED. This panel is in partnership with the PEN America NC Piedmont Chapter. \nYou may also be interested in:\n• Writing Toward Justice: Non-Fiction as a Call to Action\n• An Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones\n• Images of Justice and Power\n• Truth Tellers documentary presentation \nBENJAMIN GILMER\, MD\, is a family medicine physician and medical educator. He is an International Albert Schweitzer Fellow for Life and associate professor in the department of family medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill and at the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC). A former neurobiologist turned rural family doctor\, Dr. Gilmer has lectured widely about medical ethics\, rural health\, and the intersection of medicine and criminal justice reform. He is a passionate teacher of medical education and leads MAHEC’s Rural Health Initiative\, a program to inspire and train students to pursue rural medicine. The Other Dr. Gilmer is his first book\, resulting from a true story he told on This American Life with Sarah Koenig\, now one of its most listened to podcasts. The story has inspired Benjamin to be an advocate for prison and mental health reform. He lives with his wife\, Deirdre; their two children\, Kai and Luya; and their dog\, Prince Peanut Butter\, in Asheville\, North Carolina. \nWANDA LLOYD parlayed her passion for storytelling when she transitioned from journalism to writing non-fiction. Her memoir\, COMING FULL CIRCLE: From Jim Crow to Journalism\, was published in 2020. The book is an engaging\, charmingly written self-reflective volume of stories about growing up as an African American girl in the Jim Crow South\, where despite her segregated circumstances\, she dared to become a daily newspaper journalist. She not only became a journalist\, but her career took her to some of the highest levels of newsroom positions\, and included her work as an editor at The Washington Post and USA Today. She also launched and led university journalism programs as a way to prepare future journalists of color. When Lloyd retired after more than eight years as executive editor of the Montgomery Advertiser in Alabama’s capital city\, she accepted a position as associate professor and chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Savannah State University. A newspaper editor for more than four decades\, she now writes from her home in Savannah\, Georgia\, the city where she grew up in the 1950s and 1960s. In 2020\, Lloyd co-edited (with novelist Tina McElroy Ansa) MEETING AT THE TABLE: African-American Women Write on Race\, Culture and Community\, a collective of essays written after the tragic deaths of George Floyd\, Breonna Taylor\, Ahmaud Arbery and others. Lloyd and Ansa are also co-executive producers and co-hosts of the podcast\, 2 Old Chicks Who Know a Lot of Sh*t! on Spotify and YouTube. Spelman College\, her alma mater\, awarded Lloyd an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2016. In 2019 she was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. \nPHOEBE ZERWICK is an award-winning investigative journalist\, narrative writer\, and college teacher. Her writing has appeared in O\, The Oprah Magazine; National Geographic; The Nation; the Winston-Salem Journal; and Glamour\, among other publications. Her work has been recognized by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University\, Investigative Reporters and Editors\, the Society of Professional Journalists\, Columbia University\, and the North Carolina Press Association and featured in the HBO documentary The Trials of Darryl Hunt. She is the director of the journalism program at Wake Forest University. \nDEONNA KELLI SAYED is an author\, TEDx speaker\, and performer based in Greensboro\, North Carolina. Her short stories and essays are featured in numerous online journals and anthologies. She is the PEN America North Carolina Piedmont Representative and works for the North Carolina Writers’ Network. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSponsored by PEN America NC Piedmont Chapter
URL:https://greensborobound.com/event/writing-toward-justice/
LOCATION:Van Dyke Performance Space\, Greensboro Cultural Center\, 200 N Davie Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:IBPOC Authors,Non-Fiction,Social Justice
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SUMMARY:Borderlands and Crossroads: Writing\, Racism\, and Asian American Life
DESCRIPTION:*All events are FREE\, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* \nThree Asian-American authors use their work to discuss the rise in violence toward Asian-Americans while exploring the complex joys and responsibilities of writing and identity. With MICHAEL CROLEY\, H’RINA DeTROY\, and THIEN-KIM LAM. Hosted by SAYAKA MATSUOKA. \nYou may also be interested in:\n• Immigration and Refugee Matters\n• Afternoon Delight \nMICHAEL CROLEY is the author of Any Other Place: Stories\, winner of the James Still Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Weatherford Award. He is also the co-editor (with Jack Shuler) of Midland: Reports from Flyover Country. His reporting\, stories\, and essays have appeared in Esquire\, The New York Times\, Bloomberg Businessweek\, VQR\, The Paris Review\, Kenyon Review\, LitHub\, Narrative\, and elsewhere. He is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Ohio Arts Council\, the Kentucky Arts Council\, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. He teaches at Denison University and is on the visiting faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.\n \nH’RINA DeTROY is a Montagnard American writer based in Brooklyn. She was the recipient of the 2020 Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation Grant in Literature and a 2019 Emerging Writer Fellowship at Aspen Word in Memoir. Roxane Gay selected her essay entitled “The Vengeance of Elephants” for the 2017 Curt Johnson Prose Prize in Creative Nonfiction for December Magazine. She holds a Master of Arts in Journalism and MFA in Creative Writing from Hunter College. She’s a teacher and working with the Montagnard Dega Association and the city of Greensboro\, she created the ground-breaking workshop\, “Apocalypse Never: Writing Our Origin Stories and Imaginative Futures as Montagnard Americans.” A contributing editor for DiaCRITICS\, she focuses amplifying Montagnard and other indigenous\, ethnic minority voices of Southeast Asian diasporas. \nTHIEN-KIM LAM writes stories about Vietnamese characters who smash stereotypes and find their happy endings. A recovering Type-Asian\, she guzzles cà phê sữa đá\, makes art\, and bakes her feelings to stay sane. Thien-Kim is also the founder of Bawdy Bookworms\, a subscription box that pairs sexy romances with erotic toys. She’s been featured on Jezebel\, NPR\, BBC America\, and Glamour. Her debut novel Happy Endings is now available\, and her forthcoming book will be released in 2022. \n  \nSAYAKA MATSUOKA is a freelance journalist and managing editor for Triad City Beat\, an alternative weekly newspaper based in Greensboro covering the Triad. She was born in NY but raised in Greensboro. She writes mostly for the paper these days\, about anything from cultural events and food to right-wing extremism and police brutality.
URL:https://greensborobound.com/event/borderlands-and-crossroads/
LOCATION:Stephen D. Hyers Theater\, Greensboro Cultural Center\, 200 N Davie Street\, GREENSBORO\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:API Authors,IBPOC Authors,Literary Fiction,Memoir/Personal Essay,Non-Fiction,Romance,Short Stories
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SUMMARY:Hell of a State: North Carolina's Literary Fire
DESCRIPTION:Advanced registration for this event is closed. However\, you may "walk-up" and register onsite.  \n\n\n	 \n	\n		\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n		\n	\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n	\n\n\n*All events are FREE\, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* \n2021 National Book Award winner and North Carolina native JASON MOTT  is joined by award-winning author and Greensboro’s own HOLLY GODDARD JONES as they talk about their recent work and writing from the Old North State. North Carolina Writers Network director ED SOUTHERN will moderate the conversation.  With a pre-conversation performance by COLIN CUTLER of songs inspired by the short stories of Flannery O’Connor. \n  \nJASON MOTT Bestselling author\, National Book Award Winner\, Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction Winner\, Pushcart Prize nominee\, and Carnegie Medals For Excellence Longlist nominee\, Jason Mott has a BFA in Fiction and an MFA in Poetry\, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is the author of two poetry collections and four novels. The Returned\, Jason’s debut novel\, was adapted for television and aired on the ABC network under the title “Resurrection.” Jason’s fourth novel\, Hell Of A Book\, released in June 2021\, was a Jenna Bush Hager “Read With Jenna” Book Club pick\, Carnegie Medals For Excellence in Fiction Longlist selection\, a 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist selection\, a Joyce Carol Oates Prize Longlist selection\, the 2021 Sir Walter Raleigh Prize for Fiction winner\, and the winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. \nHOLLY GODDARD JONES is the author of three previous books of fiction\, including THE SALT LINE\, THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME\, and GIRL TROUBLE. She teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at UNCG. \nED SOUTHERN is the executive director of the North Carolina Writers’ Network\, and the author of ‘Fight Songs: A Story of Love & Sports in a Complicated South\,’ a finalist for the 2022 SIBA Southern Book Prize. His work has appeared in The Bitter Southerner\, storySouth\, the North Carolina Literary Review\, and elsewhere. \nCOLIN CUTLER is a Greensboro-based singer-songwriter\, short story writer\, and poet toting a banjo\, guitar\, and harmonicas\, with his musical roots drawing from the breadth of Americana—from Appalachian oldtime to gospel to country to roots rock. He holds an MA in English from UNC-Greensboro\, an MA in creative writing from York St. John University\, has taken a NC Poetry Society Gilbert-Chappell mentorship and had short stories and poetry published in The York Journal\, The Catholic Poetry Room\, with honorable mention from NC’s poet Laureate\, Jaki Shelton Green. He is currently working on an expansion of his Peacock Feathers EP into an album of songs based on Flannery O’Connor’s short stories\, and has performed for the International Flannery O’Connor Society and Andalusia Farm.
URL:https://greensborobound.com/event/mott-jones/
LOCATION:Van Dyke Performance Space\, Greensboro Cultural Center\, 200 N Davie Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:IBPOC Authors,Literary Fiction,Short Stories
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SUMMARY:A Musical Thriller: Brendan Slocumb and Tona Brown in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Advanced registration for this event is closed. However\, you may "walk-up" and register onsite.  \n\n\n	 \n	\n		\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n		\n		\n			\n															\n		\n\n	\n\n		\n	\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n	\n\n\n*All events are FREE\, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* \nBRENDAN SLOCUMB’S  The Violin Conspiracy is a best-selling crime/thriller for the classical world and TONA BROWN’S work has thrilled audiences from Carnegie Hall to the White House with both her voice and violin. This one-of-a-kind conversation will only happen at Greensboro Bound! Hosted by DR. REBECCA MacLEOD. \nYou may also be interested in:\n• Sounding Bodies: Identity\, Injustice\, and the Voice\n \nBRENDAN SLOCUMB was raised in Fayetteville\, North Carolina\, and holds a degree in music education (with concentrations in violin and viola) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For more than twenty years he has been a public and private school music educator and has performed with orchestras throughout Northern Virginia\, Maryland\, and Washington\, DC. He is currently working on his second novel. \nTONA BROWN Vocalist\, violinist\, entrepreneur\, and teacher Tona Brown has an international performance career throughout the United States\, Canada\, and Europe as a violinist and mezzo-soprano. Ms. Brown is also an advocate for transgender issues in the arts\, often speaking and performing at colleges and universities. She is the first transgender woman of color to perform the National Anthem for a sitting President at the LGBT Leadership Gala Dinner for former President Barack Obama at the Sheraton in NYC. She is also the first transgender woman to headline at Carnegie Hall in a program of African-American composers with an all-inclusive LGBT cast of performers. Ms. Brown graduated from the Governor’s School for the Arts\, a prestigious high school for gifted and talented students. She was formally educated at the Shenandoah University and Conservatory of Music\, studying violin performance with minors in viola\, piano\, and voice. For Shenandoah University’s 2021 production of “Suor Angelica”\, she recorded an opera movie\, playing the role of La Zia Principessa. Ms. Brown will be performing in a lead transgender role as Hannah After in the opera “As One” by Laura Kaminsky with the Lowell Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Orlando Cela in the fall of 2021. Ms. Brown was also asked to do a masterclass on Transgender Voices by the Virginia National Association of Teachers. She teaches private lessons to students with her company Aida Studios. \nDR. REBECCA MacLEOD is Professor of Music Education at the University of North Carolina Greensboro\, where she directs the string education program and conducts the UNCG Sinfonia. She is the author of Teaching Strings in Today’s Classroom and is published in Journal of Research in Music Education\, International Journal of Music Education\, Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education\, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education\, Journal of Music Teacher Education\, String Research Journal\, Psychology of Music\, The Strad\, American String Teachers Journal\, and various state music education journals. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Research in Music Education\, the String Research Journal\, and as guest reviewer for the International Journal of Research in Music Education. She is the recipient of the UNCG School of Music\, Theatre and Dance Outstanding Teaching Award\, the American String Teacher Association National Researcher Award\, and the UNCG Junior Research Excellence Award.
URL:https://greensborobound.com/event/slocumb-brown/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, UNCG School of Music\, 100 McIver Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:IBPOC Authors,LGBTQIA,Literary Fiction,Mystery/Thriller
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