The Center For Black Literature at MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE presents
www.mec.cuny.edu/nbwc | nbwc@mec.cuny.edu | 718.270.4811

The Ninth National Black Writers Conference: Black Writers: Reading and Writing
to Transform Their Lives and the World will offer panel discussions, readings,
workshops and conversations to focus on the ways in which black writers
use literature to transform their lives and the larger global community.

Inspired in 1986 by the late John Oliver Killens, the National Black Writers
Conference was convened to bring together writers, critics, book-sellers,
book reviewers, and the general public to discuss issues affecting black
writers. Since 1986 the National Black Writers Conferences at Medgar Evers
College have attracted a wide range of writers and scholars from the African
Diaspora.

Hotel and Reservation Information
Marriott New York at Brooklyn Bridge
Rates Available :
March 27, 2008 ? March 29, 2008
Reservations must be made by
Thursday, February 28, 2008.
Call 888.436.3759 or 718.246.7000
Standard Room = $229.00
March 28 ? 30, 2008

ASHA BANDELE
AMIRI BARAKA
LINDAMICHELLE BARRON
PATRIK HENRY BASS
TONYA BOLDEN
VALERIE BOYD
THOMAS BRADSHAW
REGINA BROOKS
KASSAHUN CHECOLE
WILLIAM JELANI COBB
THULANI DAVIS
ANGELA DODSON
DAVID ANTHONY DURHAM
THOMAS SAYERS ELLIS
THOMAS GLAVE
DONNA HILL
LAWRENCE JACKSON
HONOREE FANONNE JEFFERS
OMARI JEREMIAH
TAYARI JONES
VALERIE KINLOCH
QURAYSH ALI LANSANA
NATHAN MCALL
TERRY MCMILLAN
BRENDA MARIE OSBEY
JAIRA PLACIDE
KEVIN POWELL
RANDALL ROBINSON
MARTHA SOUTHGATE
EISA ULEN
GREGORY WALKER
JERRY W. WARD JR.
CORNEL WEST
JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
JULIA WRIGHT

Featured Conference Participants
HONORARY CHAIR, SUSAN L. TAYLOR

Honorees
SONIA SANCHEZ – LIFETIME LITERARY AWARD
CHERYL & WADE HUDSON RANDALL ROBINSON CORNEL WEST

Sponsors & Partners:
AALBC.com (African American Literature Book Club), African Voices, AKILA
WORKSONGS, Inc., Office of NYS Assemblyman Karim Camara, The BIG READ,
Brooklyn Literary Council, Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, Caribbean
Research Center, Con Edison, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Links
Incorporated, the National Endowment for the Arts, the PEN American Center, the
New-York Historical Society and Washington Mutual Savings Bank.

Comment(s)

§ carolyn ferrari aka diamondancer said on : 09/23/08 @ 11:18

Do you have the dates announced for the 2009 calendar year?

Thanks

Diamondancer

Comment(s)

§ eisa718®   said on : 10/06/08 @ 10:10

Dear Diamondancer,

So sorry it’s taken this long for me to respond to you! The NBWC takes place every other year, so, as far as I know, there won’t be a 2009 conference. Please keep an eye out for the 2010 schedule.

Again, I am so very sorry to have taken more than a few days to get back to you.

Joy!

Eisa

Comment(s)

§ shmobisimo   said on : 10/20/08 @ 22:31

this is posted on facebook. is it not true?

SAVE THE DATE- Honoring the Work of Octavia E. Butler– The Center for Black Literature & The Nat. Black Writers Conference (NBWC) is hosting its bi-annual symposium SAT March 28, 2009 at Medgar Evers College, CUNY in Brooklyn, NY. 12 PM -5 PM