Literature

~ LITERATURE ~

This is a partial schedule of events, accurate as of June 29, 1998.
Artists appearing, locations, times and ticket prices are subject to change.

July 11, Saturday

Event:Conversation: The Direction of Gay and Lesbian Literature
Barbara Smith, moderator; with E. Lynn Harris, James Earl Hardy, Kathleen E. Morris and Lisa C. Moore
Time:10 a.m.-noon
Venue:Renaissance Hotel
Tickets:Free

July 12, Sunday

Event:Poetry Reading
Nikky Finney, moderator
featuring Ntozake Shange, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komanyakaa
Time,:7 p.m.
Venue:Robert Ferst Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets:$10

July 13, Monday

Event:Conversation: Interpreting Literature Through Other Art Forms
Reg E. Gaines, moderator; with Bridgette Davis, Elizabeth Va -n Dyke, Michael Cummings and Kevin Sipp
Time:10 a.m.-noon
Venue:Renaissance Hotel
Tickets:Free

Event:Fiction Reading
Colin Channer, moderator
featuring Shay Youngblood, Diane McKinney Whetstone, Paul Beatty and A.J. Verdelle
Time:7 p.m.
Venue:Robert Ferst Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets:$10

Event:Knew School Poetry Series Open mic poetry readings
Time:10 p.m.-midnight
Venue:Yin Yang Cafe
Tickets:$5

July 14, Tuesday

Event:Conversation: Words &. Music: What Music Means to the Writer
Dr. Jerry Ward, moderator; with Joan Morgan, Charlie Braxton and Ntozake Shange
time:10 a.m.-noon
Venue:Renaissance Hotel
Tickets:Free

Event:Poetry Reading: Emerging Voices
Catherine Smith Jones, moderator, with Rohan Preston, Andrea Wren, Charlie Braxton, Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Watts), Ruth For7nan, Tony Medina and Lenard D. Moore
Time:7 p.m.
Venue:Renaissance Hotel Ballroom
Tickets:$10

July 15, Wednesday

Event: Conversation: The Art of Biography
Valerie Boyd, moderator; with Melba Joyce Boyd, Juan Williams, Evelyn C. White and Robert O'Meally
Time:10 a.m.-noon
Venue:Renaissance Hotel
Tickets:Free

Event: Fiction Reading
Rudolph Byrd, moderator; with Wole Soyinka, Thulani Davis, John Edgar Wideman and Matita Golden
Time:7 p.m.
Venue:Robert Ferst Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets:$10

Event: Knew School Poetry Series Open mic poetry readings
Time:10 p.m.-midnight
Venue:Yin Yang Cafe
Tickets:$5

July 16, Thursday

Event:Conversation: The Middle Passage
Eugene Redmond, moderator
featuring Tom Feelings, Thulani Davis, Velma Maia Thomas and Daniel Wideman
Time:10 a.m.-noon
Venue:Renaissance Hotel
tickets:Free

Event:Creative Nonfiction Reading
Kevin Powell, moderator
featuring Quincy Troupe, bell hooks, Gloria Wade-Gayles and Nathan McCall
nme:6 p.m.
Venue:Robert Ferst Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets:$10

Event:An Evening with Maya Angelou
Time:8 p.m.
Venue:Symphony Hall
Tickets:$25

July 17, Friday

Event:Conversation: The Life and Legacy of Audre Lorde
Jewelle Gomez, moderator; with Shay Youngblood, Michelle Parkerson, Kalamu Ya Salaam and Kate Rushin
Time:10 a.m.-noon
Venue:Renaissance Hotel Ballroom
Tickets:Free

Event:Words Meet Music
Saul Williams, moderator; with Kenneth Zakee, Sonja Marie, Jessica Care Moore, Kalamu Ya Salaam and the Word Band, Kamau Daaood and His Trio, and the Last Poets
Time:6 p.m.
Venue:Variety Playhouse
Tickets:$10

Event:Knew School Poetry Series Open mic poetry concert, with Jiva and Sirius B.
nme:10 p.m.-midnight
Venue:Yin Yang Cafe
nckets:$5

July 18, Saturday

Event:Conversation: Emerging Voices
Ira Jones, moderator; with Yolanda Joe, Phyllis Perry, Kevin Powell, Tony Medina and Lydia Okuturo
Time:10 a.m.-noon
Venue:Renaissance Hotel
Tickets:Free

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