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Saturday, April 1, 2023<\/strong><br \/><strong>Medgar Evers College, CUNY | Brooklyn, New York<\/strong><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\r\n\t<p>Black speculative fiction encompasses and blurs the genres of magical realism, futurism, horror, fantasy, paranormal, and mythology. These imaginative stories enable writers to create alternative and futuristic worlds, narratives rooted in traditional beliefs and spirituality, and stories that center the Black experience. The stories also raise questions about colonialism, racism, identity, and gender.<\/p>\r\n<p>At the 2023 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium <em>Diasporic Visions: Celebrating Black Speculative Fiction, <\/em>writers and scholars will discuss the genre&#8217;s history and themes, as well as emerging scholarship on the genre. The public gathering will feature interactive discussions, conversations, and opportunities for attendees to engage with fellow writers, readers, and fans of the genre.<\/p>\r\n<p>Annually, the annual award presentation at the National Black Writers Conference honors distinguished internationally acclaimed writers. This year, award-winning authors <strong>Sheree Ren\u00e9e Thomas<\/strong> and <strong>Jewell Parker Rhodes<\/strong> will receive the <em>Octavia E. Butler Award<\/em>. Other confirmed writers are <strong>Reynaldo Anderson<\/strong>, <strong>Tananarive Due<\/strong>, <strong>Jewelle Gomez<\/strong>, <strong>Deirdre Hollman<\/strong>, <strong>Way\u00e9tu Moore<\/strong>, <strong>L. Penelope<\/strong>, and <strong>Tim Fielder<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\r\n<p>The core program will be in-person at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. Presentations on the scholarship in the genre will be offered virtually. Symposium highlights include a free Youth Day program, pre-symposium thematic events, interactive discussions, online and on-location Black booksellers, a vendors&#8217; marketplace, and much more.<\/p>\r\n<p>All NBWC2023 programs are subject to change. Registration is required and managed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/523799627787\">Eventbrite<\/a><\/strong>. Register today!<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/523799627787\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centerforblackliterature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/logo_Eventbrite_PNG_1000-300x67.png\" alt=\"logo_Eventbrite_PNG_1000\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"67\" width=\"300\" title=\"logo_Eventbrite_PNG_1000\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<h2>PRE-SYMPOSIUM EVENTS *<\/h2>\r\n\t<strong>Thursday, March 16: <em>Kindred: An Exploration of Slavery&#8217;s Legacy<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\r\n6:30 pm to 8:00 pm<br \/>\r\nConfirmed Speakers: <strong>Courtney Lee-Mitchell, Mudiwa Pettus<\/strong>, <strong>Tracey Squires<\/strong>, and <strong>Cathie Wright-Lewis<\/strong><br \/>\r\nModerator: <strong>Donna Hill<\/strong><br \/>\r\nEdison O. Jackson Auditorium *\r\n\t<h2><strong>Thursday, March 30: Youth Day<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/><strong><em>Wakanda Forever and Beyond<\/em><br \/>\r\n<\/strong>A Middle School and High School Program<br \/>\r\n9:00 am to 12:00 pm<br \/>\r\nCurated by <strong>Mo Beasley<br \/>\r\n<\/strong>Founders&#8217; Auditorium<strong> *<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><em><!--StartFragment --><\/em><em>This three-hour writing and performance intensive will introduce middle school and high school scholars to the roots and evolution of blockbuster superhero movie icons and speculative fiction protagonists such as Before Thor, Wonder Woman, and T&#8217;Challa there was Horus. Scholars will <\/em><em>explore the breadth of Black Speculative Fiction in graphic novels, comic books, popular culture, and African and Western mythology. They will write poems, skits, and reflections on the themes, heroes, and heroines reflected in this literature and share their writing with the larger group.<\/em><strong><br \/>\r\n<\/strong>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/><strong>Primary School Program<\/strong><br \/>\r\n1:00 pm to 3:00 pm<br \/>\r\nCurated by <strong>Cathie Wright-Lewis<br \/>\r\n<\/strong>Founders&#8217; Auditorium<strong> *<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><em><\/em><em>Scholars will use literary elements to write poems, raps, letters, and skits based on characters from the films Wakanda Forever and Black Panther. They will share these reflections with the larger group.\r\n<\/em><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <em>Youth Day is open only to ROLL program students and other NYC high school students.<\/em>\r\n\t<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centerforblackliterature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MEC_SGAlogo-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Thursday, March 30: Medgar Evers College Open Mic!<\/strong><br \/>\r\n6:00 pm to 8:00 pm<br \/>\r\nAcademic Complex Lobby<br \/>\r\nCo-Presented by Medgar Evers College&#8217;s Office of the Dean of Students, Office of Student Life, and the Student Government Association\r\n\t<h2>NBWC2023 Day One *<\/h2>\r\n\t<p><strong>FRIDAY, MARCH 31<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\t<strong>Scholarly Paper Presentations on <em>Diasporic Visions: Celebrating<br \/>\r\nBlack Speculative Fiction, Sheree Ren\u00e9e Thomas, and Jewell Parker Rhodes<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\r\n<strong>10:00 am to 3:00 pm<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<strong>This is a Virtual Event.<\/strong>\r\n<h4><strong>Panel One: Horror &amp; Hauntings<\/strong> (10:15 am &#8211; 11:45 am ET)<\/h4>\r\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/> CARLYLE VAN THOMPSON | <\/strong><strong>Medgar Evers College, CUNY (NY)<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><em>&#8220;Richard Wright&#8217;s &#8220;Between the World and Me&#8221; and Jewell Parker Rhodes&#8217; Ghost Boys: Intersecting Racial Violence and Racial Trauma&#8221; <\/em>\r\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/> RHONDA JACKSON GARCIA | <\/strong><strong>Lone Star College (TX)<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><strong><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/strong><em>Not The Mammy You Know: The Subversion of the Mammy Trope in Horror Portrayals of Black Motherhood&#8221;<\/em>\r\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/> JULIA MALLORY <\/strong>(Founder of Black Mermaids and Senior Poetry Editor for Raising Mothers) and <strong>HESS LOVE <\/strong>(MFA Student and Co-Founder of the Chesapeake Conjure Society)<br \/>\r\n<em>&#8220;Magic and Mourning: Special Specters on Screen in the Films Beloved, His House, and Nanny&#8221;<\/em>\r\n<h4><strong>Panel Two:<\/strong> <strong>Envisioning New Generations<\/strong> (12:00 pm &#8211; 1:00 pm)<\/h4>\r\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/> PHEOLYN ALLEN | <\/strong><strong>Pennsylvania State University (PA)<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><em>&#8220;Now We Rise: The Affirmation of Black Rage and Rebellion in Tomi Adeyemi&#8217;s Legacy of Orisha Series&#8221;<\/em>\r\n<strong>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/>KARIMA K. JEFFREY-LEGETTE | <\/strong><strong>Hampton University (VA)<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><em>&#8220;&#8230;and &#8216;Still We Rise&#8217;, or Do We?: The Promise and Problems of Supergirls of African-Descent in Popular Contemporary American Culture&#8221;<\/em>\r\n<h4><strong>Panel Three:<\/strong> <strong>Speculative Dynamics<\/strong> (1:30 pm &#8211; 3:00 pm ET)<\/h4>\r\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/>CHAMARA MOORE | <\/strong><strong>Queens College, CUNY (NY)<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><em>Thr ough Their Eyes: The Visionary Promise of Black Feminist Speculative Fiction&#8221;<\/em>\r\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/> DO\u00d1ELA C. WRIGHT | <\/strong><strong>San Francisco State University (CA)<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><em>In Conversation with the Sacred within Octavia Butler&#8217;s Parable of the Sower<\/em>\r\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/25fe.svg\" alt=\"\u25fe\" \/>WALTER GORDON | <\/strong><strong>Stanford University (CA)<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><em>&#8220;Logistics\/Quest: Narratives of Speculative Circulation in Nova and Invisible Things<\/em>&#8221;\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<strong>A Special Presentation by the Dr. Edith Rock Writing Workshop for Elders<\/strong><br \/>\r\n3:30 pm to 5:00 pm<br \/>\r\nEdison O. Jackson Auditorium <strong>*<\/strong>\r\n\t<h2>NBWC2023 Day Two *<\/h2>\r\n\t<p><strong>SATURDAY, APRIL 1<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\tRoundtable Discussion<br \/>\r\n<strong>Diasporic Visions: The Evolution of Black Speculative Fiction from Print to Film<\/strong><br \/>\r\n11:00 am to 12:30 pm<br \/>\r\nConfirmed Speakers: <strong>Reynaldo Anderson<\/strong>, <strong>Jewelle Gomez<\/strong>, and<strong> Rasheedah Phillips<\/strong><br \/>\r\nModerator: <strong>L. Penelope<\/strong><br \/>\r\nEdison O. Jackson Auditorium <strong>*<\/strong>\r\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\r\nRoundtable Discussion<br \/>\r\n<strong>Black Speculative Fiction&#8217;s Impact on Popular Culture<\/strong><br \/>\r\n1:00 pm to 2:30 pm<br \/>\r\nConfirmed Speaker: <strong>Tim Fielder<\/strong>, <strong>Jesse J. Holland<\/strong>, <strong>Christine Taylor-Butler<\/strong>, and <strong>Ytasha Womack<\/strong><br \/>\r\nModerator: <strong>Jarvis Sheffield<\/strong><br \/>\r\nSponsored by the <strong>Black Science Fiction Society <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/blacksciencefictionsociety.com\">www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com<\/a>)<br \/>\r\nEdison O. Jackson Auditorium <strong>*<\/strong>\r\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\r\nRoundtable Discussion<br \/>\r\n<strong>The Presence of Africa in Black Speculative Fiction<\/strong><br \/>\r\n3:00 to 4:30 pm<br \/>\r\nConfirmed Speakers: <strong>Tananarive Due<\/strong>, <strong>Clarence Haynes<\/strong>, and <strong>Anita Kopacz<\/strong><br \/>\r\nModerator: <strong>Mo Beasley <\/strong>(new)<br \/>\r\nEdison O. Jackson Auditorium <strong>*<\/strong>\r\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\r\n<strong>NBWC2023 Honorees&#8217; Spotlight<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<strong>A Conversation with Sheree Ren\u00e9e Thomas <\/strong>and<strong> Jewell Parker Rhodes<\/strong><br \/>\r\n5:00 pm to 6:00 pm<br \/>\r\nModerator: <strong>Reynaldo Anderson<\/strong><br \/>\r\nEdison O. Jackson Auditorium <strong>*<\/strong>\r\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\r\n<strong>Silent Auction<br \/>\r\n<\/strong>6:15 pm to 6:30 pm<br \/>\r\nA variety of personal and professional items will be on display and available for purchase by NBWC2023 attendees. This is a creative way to ensure that the legacy of the Center for Black Literature is sustained.\r\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\r\n<strong>Octavia E. Butler Award Presentation<\/strong><br \/>\r\n6:30 pm to 7:15 pm<br \/>\r\nHost: <strong>Novella Ford<\/strong><br \/>\r\nEdison O. Jackson Auditorium <strong>*<\/strong><br \/>\r\nThe Octavia E. Butler Award is presented to the writer whose body of work exhibits excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. The award recognizes the writer whose achievements and dedication are to creating a body of speculative literature that stretches the imagination and promotes the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction. Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due are previous recipients of this award.\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><strong>* PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The symposium program is subject to change.<\/li>\r\n<li>All events are in-person unless otherwise noted.<\/li>\r\n<li>If you require any accessibility, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:nbwc@centerforblackliterature.org\">nbwc@centerforblackliterature.org<\/a>. Sign language interpreters will be available at the symposium.<\/li>\r\n<li>Please note the new dedicated email address for NBWC. 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