March 29 – April 1, 2012
The Eleventh National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) returns in 2012.
Presented by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College,
CUNY, the conference will be March 29 – April 1, 2012 and will take
place at Medgar Evers College in Central Brooklyn, NY. This year’s
theme is The Impact of Migration, Popular Culture, and the Natural
Environment in the Literature of Black Writers.
NBWC will provide writers, scholars, literary professionals, students,
and the public with a forum for dynamic engagement. Join the spirited
conversations, panel discussions, readings, workshops, and
performances on themes related to migration, cultural memory, popular
culture, and the natural environment. Review the full 2012 NBWC
program schedule.
As our society becomes increasingly globalized, the themes in the
literary texts and literature created by black writers all over the
world are shifting. There’s recognition of the importance of
preserving cultural memory and identity and of cultivating
geographical spaces. At the same time, there is also a recognition
that politics and popular culture shape what we respond to, what we
read, what gets published, what we teach, and what conversations we
have…wherever we are.
2012 NBWC Honorees:
Ishmael Reed John Oliver Killens Lifetime Achievement Award
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o WEB DuBois Award
Nikki Giovanni Gwendolyn Brooks Award
Dr. Howard Dodson Ida B. Wells Institutional Leadership Award
Registration Information
Pre-register online by February 1, 2012 and receive a 10% discount.
Pre-register TODAY! Online pre-registration ends March 15, 2012.
Online registration administered by the African American Literature
Book Club. Go to www.aalbc.com [click on the “National Black Writers
Conference” logo]
For more details, click HERE to download the PDF: http://tinyurl.com/7chsklb
For live person assistance, contact Shabazz Communications, Inc. at
registration@shabazzcommunications.com, or call 646.410.0246.
Hotel Information
The New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the official hotel for NBWC.
Reservations must be made by February 15, 2012.
Call 1.800.242.8685 or click HERE. Mention “National Black Writers Conference.”
2012 NBWC Sponsors & Partners
AALBC.com (African American Literature Book Club) ● African Voices ●
Akashic Books ● AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc. ● Barnes & Noble College
Booksellers ● Brooklyn Literary Council ● Brooklyn Public Library ●
Calabar Imports ● Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium ● CUNY Office of
Collaborative Programs ● Mosaic Literary Magazine ● National Endowment
for the Arts ● New York Council for the Humanities ● New York City
Council Brooklyn Delegation ● Personalized Skincare by Marcia ● Office
of City Councilman Al Vann ● PEN American Center ● Shabazz
Communications, Inc. ● Vicelounge
www.NATIONALBLACKWRITERSCONFERENCE.org
nbwc@mec.cuny.edu ● NBWC Hotline: 718.270.4811
AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc.
is Proud to be a Media Sponsor
of the National Black Writers Conference
at Medgar Evers College, CUNY (Brooklyn, NY)…again!
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