25 IMPORTANT

AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOKS:
 

AN OPEN DISCUSSION AND PANEL

HOSTED BY

AWARD WINNING AUTHOR ALEXS PATE

 

 

EVENT DETAILS

Thursday, May 19, 2011                             REGISTER NOW
7:30-9:00 p.m.
987 Ivy Ave East, St. Paul, MN
Intended Audience: Everyone is welcome!
Cost: $5; registration is required.

The Minnesota Humanities Center is pleased to invite you to 25 Important African American Books: An Open Discussion and Panel Hosted by Award Winning Author Alexs Pate.

 

Please join Alexs Pate as he leads a panel and open discussion about African American literature with authors John Wright, Pamela Fletcher, J. Otis Powell, and Arleta Little.  Each author will discuss five of their must reads with panel members and the audience.  Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity – this will be the first time these authors have shared a stage – or your chance to ask anything you’ve ever wanted to know about African American literature.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexs Pate is a Visiting Assistant Professor of African American Literature at the University of Minnesota.  Best known for writing the novel Amistad and the the screenplay for Steven Spielberg, Mr. Pate is an accomplished artist, author, and scholar.  Other published writings include: Finding Makeba; The Multicultiboho Sideshow; West of Rehoboth; Contemporary African American Literature; Anywhere the Wind Blows; and Innocent.  His awards include: Honor Fiction Book, Black Caucus of the American Library Association for West of Rehoboth, 2002; "Achiever Who Will Lead the Next Generation" in the area of literature, USA Today/Weekend, 2002; Minnesota Book Award for Losing Absalom, 1995; Best First Novel, Black Caucus of the American Library Association for Losing Absalom, 1995; Minnesota Book Award for Multicultiboho Sideshow, 2000.  His newest book In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap was released in January of 2010 and received critical praise.

 

 

 

QUESTIONS?

James Zacchini, Project Coordinator, at 651-772-4249 or james@mnhum.org

 

For questions regarding registration, contact Thien Nguyen August at 651-772- 4254 or thien@mnhum.org.

 

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