How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
Mon, Jul 24
|Sankofa Video, Books, & Café
Join us for a discussion with members of the Hurston Wright Foundation our their latest publication How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill!


Time & Location
Jul 24, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Sankofa Video, Books, & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
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About The Event
About the book:
More than 30 acclaimed writers--including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Tayari Jones, and Angela Flournoy--reflect on their experience and expertise in this unique book on the craft of writing that focuses on the Black creative spirit.
How We Do It is an anthology curated by Black writers for the creation and proliferation of Black thought. While a creator's ethnicity does not solely define them, it is inherently part of who they are and how they interpret the world.
For centuries, Black creators have utilized oral and written storytelling traditions in crafting their art. But how does one begin the process of constructing a poem or story or character? How do Black writers, when faced with questions of "authenticity," dive deep into the essence of their lives and work to find the inherent truth? How We…
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