A Measure of Belonging: 21 Writers of Color on the New American South editor CINELLE BARNES fell in love with a boy from the Carolinas, moved South with him, and immediately encountered the worst and the best The South has to offer. Committed to “making this place as big as it is,” she found 21 […]
The non-fiction work of DENISE KIERNAN has become surefire bestseller material (The Girls of Atomic City, The Last Castle) and her latest book, We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, a President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude and Grace, brings her considerable gifts to the untold story of Lincoln and the burgeoning […]
JOHN SAYLES is an indy film legend. He has written and directed dozens of movies including Lone Star, Brother From Another Planet, Matewan, Eight Men Out, and The Secret of Roan Inish. Sayles has also written a handful of novels and story collections. His 2011 novel, A Moment in the Sun, looks at America in […]
**THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT** *All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* How can bringing other genres and forms into memoir enrich the text? How close must memoir adhere to the facts? What is a memoir, anyway? LAURIE STONE […]
*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* Three 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 […]
*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* Journalists 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 […]
*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* With a focus on southeast Native women, Beasley and Jacobs share stories from an anthology they edited on justice, spirit, and community. With DRS. CHERRY BEASLEY and MARY ANN JACOBS. Hosted by ROBIN MIURA. CHERRY BEASLEY, PhD, […]
*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* With ELISHEBA HAQQ and MEGAN CULHANE GALBRAITH. Hosted by LEE ZACHARIAS. You May also be interested in: • Memoir Plus: A Conversation on Hybrid Memoir • $ WORKSHOP Down the Rabbit Hole of Your Own Life: A Creative […]
*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* Around 20% of Americans live with a disability, but for many disability remains a taboo subject. Too often, the complex experiences of the disabled are reduced to pity or inspiration. On this panel, three […]
*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* You may also be interested in: • An Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones • Images of Justice and Power • Truth Tellers documentary presentation •A Conversation on Publishing for People of Color • Whatever Wholeness […]
*All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* Greensboro Bound partners with the Carolina Blues Festival to bring an engaging conversation with DANIEL de VISÉ on the life and legacy of B. B. King. De Vise, whose previous book, Andy and Don: […]
**THIS EVENT IS SOLD-OUT** *All events are FREE, but we do ask that you please register so that we can monitor attendance and venue capacity.* A Conversation with NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES is the culminating event in the History Of Redlining In East Greensboro: Conversations About Our City's Past And Present series. This keynote event for the F.D. Bluford Library […]