Black American Writers Series
The Black American Writers Series is a partnership between Black American Studies, The Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative, and the Department of Literature & Language. The interdisciplinary series is set in the heart of Black American Studies, a major interdisciplinary program in the College of Arts & Sciences. This series brings noteworthy essayists, poets, writers, journalists, historians, and others to the campus of East Tennessee State University to highlight and spotlight the contributions of Black American Writers.
Natasha Trethewey reads from her work.
Major Jackson discusses writing craft with students.
Sherée Renee Thomas presenting on speculative fiction for students at the Reece Museum.
Major Jackson in a roundtable discussion with Dr. Jesse Graves and Valencia Robin.
Sherée Renee Thomas' presentation on speculative fiction.
Dr. Daryl Carter introduces Natasha Trethewey before her evening reading.
Dr. Jesse Graves, Natasha Trethewey, Dr. Daryl Carter, and Dr. Amy Wright
Dr. Jesse Graves and Dr. Amy Wright in a roundtable discussion with Natasha Trethewey.
The Black American Studies program and Art & Design’s Slocumb Galleries were proud
to present internationally recognized poet Nikki Giovanni to speak at East Tennessee
State University on September 20, 2022.
Nikki Giovanni is a poet, professor, author, and internationally recognized for her
distinguished contributions to the field. Her works, such as Black Feeling, Black
Talk, Bicycles: Love Poems, and Those Who Ride the Night Winds, have made her one
of America’s most important voices on the Black experience since the late 1960s. She
is also a professor at Virginia Tech University, where she was a powerful voice in
the aftermath of the mass shooting there in 2007, representing a campus devastated
by the loss of so many lives. Her marks went viral, thus reflecting this simple fact:
it is the humanities which explains our world, bringing us together, and supplies
the healing balm when tragedy strikes.
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