This year’s event features regional and national artists whose presentations address the following theme: “Music, Authority, and Racial Identity.” Headliner: Dawnie Walton.
FAMU's 14th Annual Spring Literary Forum features regional and national artists whose presentations address our 2022 theme: "Music, Authority, and Racial Identity." Dawnie Walton is our 2022 headliner. A FAMU alumna and former executive-level editor at Essence, Entertainment Weekly, and Life, Walton was one of 2021's greatest success stories in the literary world. Her debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal and Nev, attracted a great deal of critical acclaim; moreover, in December, President Barack Obama's listed it as one of his favorite books of 2021. Walton, a Jacksonville native, will share details about her meteoric rise to literary stardom with us at 6:30 PM. Here is a link to Dawnie Walton's interview with Terri Gross on NPR: '70s Music Journalism Gets An Overdue Rewrite In Debut Novel 'Opal & Nev' | Fresh Air Archive: Interviews with Terry Gross. Please remember to join our Literary Guild's discussion on Walton's novel Wednesday, February 23: https://famu.zoom.us/j/92654243073. We also welcome you to attend talks by our other outstanding speakers: Devan Renea, Andrew Skerritt, Dr. Jamil Drake, Brian Forbing, and Lyneisha Watson. For additional information, please contact us at natalie.kingpedroso@famu.edu or alexander.brickler@famu.edu. Sponsors: FAMU's Department of English and Modern Languages; the Literary Guild; the Writing Resource Center; and FAMU's College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities.
Please click the link below to join the webinar on Thursday, February 24:
https://famu.zoom.us/j/96112165511?pwd=aEU1OXduZDQ5UktwUXVaNlZUUHRRZz09
Passcode: 784656
Free.
2022/02/23 - 2022/02/24
Additional time info:
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
6: 30 PM Literary Guild's Book Club Discussion: Dawnie Walton's The Final Revival of Opal and Nev
Zoom Link: https://famu.zoom.us/j/92654243073
Thursday, February 24, 2022
9:30 AM Students' Panel
11: 00 AM Dr. Jamil Drake
12:30 PM Devan Renea
2:00 PM Brian Forbing and Lyneisha Watson
3:30 PM Andrew Skerritt
5:00 PM Special Presentation
6:30 PM Dawnie Walton
Zoom Link: https://famu.zoom.us/j/97082253661?pwd=a3hGMkZwK1RaaDdBMkNIM1VLdys3QT09
Online/Virtual Space