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If you're interested in meeting your favorite authors and getting the
pic of the latest black titles, then the NBAF bookstores are the place to
visit. There are two official National Black Arts Festival bookstores: African
Spectrum Bookstore is located in Underground Atlanta directly opposite the
information & visitors bureau on the upper level and Medu Books is located
in Greenbriar Mall (near the airport) next to GNC Healthfoods.
The stores will host signings and poetry readings throughout the ten days
of the festival. Shay Youngblood, Nathan McCall, Diane McKinney-Whetstone
and The Last Poets are just a few attendees to look for. All books written
by authors participating in the literature component of the festival will
be available in addition to thousands of titles by black authors and much,
much more! Visit the stores or call African Spectrum at 404-658-1711 and
Medu Bookstore at 404-346-3263 for more information. Find scheduled signings
and appearances in the Daily Schedule Listings.
July 11, Saturday
The
Direction of Gay and Lesbian Literature: A Conversation
Moderator: Barbara Smith
Participants: E. Lynn Harris, James Earl Hardy, Kathleen E. Morris, Lisa
C. Moore
10 am
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free
Book Signing:
James Earl Hardy & Lisa C. Moore
3 p.m.
Medu Books in Greenbriar Mall
Free
July 12, Sunday
KISS 104.7
Book Club Brunch with Atlanta's Authors
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Rich's Department Store, Greenbriar Mall
Free
Book Signing:
Eugene Redmond
2p.m.
Medu Books in Greenbriar Mall
Free
Poetry Reading
Nikky Finney, Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, Ishmael
Reed
7:00 pm
Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech.
$10.00
Literature Series Pass For All Six Evening Readings $54.00
July 13, Monday
Interpreting Literature Through Other Art Forms: A Conversation
Moderator: Reg. E. Gaines; Participants:
Bridgette Davis, filmmaker; Elizabeth Van Dyke, actor; Kevin Sipp, visual
artist/writer
10 am
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free
Book Signing:
Diane McKinney-Whetstone
3 p.m.
Medu Books in Greenbriar Mall
Free
Fiction Reading I
Moderator: Colin Channer, Participants: Shay Youngblood,
Diane McKinney Whetstone, Paul Beatty & A.J. Verdelle
7:00 pm
Ferst Theatre at Georgia Tech.
$10.00
Pass available to Literature Series
Tribute
to Henry Dumas
11p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, Norcross Room
Free
Knew School Poetry Series: Open Mic Readings
10:00 pm to Midnight
Yin Yang Cafe
$5.00
July 14, Tuesday
Words & Music: What Music Means to the Writer
Moderator: Dr. Jerry Ward
Participants: Joan Morgan, Charlie Braxton, Ntozake Shange
10 am
Rennaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free
Poetry
Reading: Emerging Voices
Moderator: Catherine Smith Jones, Participants: Rohan
Preston, Ruth Forman, Andrea Wren, Charlie Braxton, Kupenda Auset, Tony
Medina, Lenard D. Moore
7:00 pm
Renaissance Hotel Georgia Ballroom
$10.00
Literature Series Pass For All Six Evening Readings $54.00
July 15, Wednesday
The Art
of Biography: A Conversation
Moderator: Valerie Boyd (upcoming biography
of Zora Neale Hurston)
Participants: Melba Joyce Boyd (biographer of Frances E.W. Harper), Evelyn C. White (upcoming biography of Alice Walker), Robert O'Meally (biographer of Billie Holiday)
"The Art of Biography" will open with an audio tape of Zora Neale
Hurston.
10 am
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free
Fiction
Reading II
Moderator:Rudolph Byrd
Participants: John Edgar Wideman, Marita Golden, Wole Soyinka, Thulani Davis
7:00 pm
Robert Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech
$10.00
Literature Series Pass For All Six Evening Readings $54.00
July 16, Thursday
The Middle
Passage: A Conversation
Moderator: Eugene Redmond
Participants: Tom Feelings, Thulani Davis, Velma "Maia" Thomas,
Daniel Wideman
10 am
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free
Book Signing:
A.J. Verdelle
5 p.m.
Medu Books in Greenbriar Mall
Free
Creative
Non-Fiction Reading
Moderator: Kevin Powell
Participants: bell hooks, Nathan McCall, Quincy Troupe, Gloria Wade-Gayles
6:00 pm
Robert Ferst center for the Arts at Georgia Tech
$10.00
Literature Series Pass For All Six Evening Readings $54.00
Book Signing:
Barbara Smith
7:30 p.m.
Charis Books in Little 5 Points
Free
An
Evening with Maya Angelou
You are invited to spend an evening with one of the most important voices
of our time. Author, poet, actress and activist Maya Angelou has inspired
the world with her reflections and writings.
8:00 pm
Symphony Hall
$25.00
July 17, Friday
The Life
and Legacy of Audre Lorde
Moderator: Jewelle Gomez
Participants: Shay Youngblood, Michelle Parkerson, Kalamu ya Salaam, Kate
Rushin
10 am
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free
Book Signing:
Kalamu ya Salaam & The Last Poets
2 p.m.
Medu Books in Greenbriar Mall
Free
Book Signing:
Nathan McCall
3 p.m.
Medu Books in Greenbriar Mall
Free
Tribute
to Tom Dent
4p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, Norcross Room
Free
Book Signing:
Quincy Troupe
5 p.m.
Medu Books in Greenbriar Mall
Free
Words Meet Music: Featuring The Last
Poets
Moderator: Saul Williams
Participants: Kenneth Zakee, Sonja Marie, Jessica Care Moore, Kalamu ya
Salaam and the Word Band, Kamau Daaood and his Trio
6:00 pm
Variety Playhouse
$10.00
Literature Series Pass For All Six Evening Readings $54.00
Open Mic:
Black Erotica
midnight
Renaissance Hotel, Chastain Room
Free
July 18, Saturday
Emerging
Voices: A Conversation
Moderator: Ira Jones
Participants: Yolanda Joe, Phyllis Perry, Kevin Powell, Lydia Okuturo, Tony
Medina
10 am
Renaissance Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom
Free
Book Signing:
Shay Youngblood & Kate Rushin
6 p.m.
African Spectrum in Underground Atlanta
Free
Open Mic Fiction/Poetry
Reading
7p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, Chastain Room
Free
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