Join scholars, musicians, and fans as they discuss the intersection of hip hop and afrofuturism, and how it can be used to imagine and create the future.
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Featuring: Chinyelu Mwaafrika, Danian Darrell Jerry, Dr. Austin Dean Ashford, Sheree Renée Thomas
Patreon, Go Fund Me, and Kickstarter are just a few platforms artists use to get projects off the ground. Join panelists as they discuss how they fund projects and answer your questions.
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Featuring: Jesse Scoble, Nicholas Marchetti, Oriana Leckert
You're invited to a one-on-one conversation between Justina Ireland, Writers Symposium Featured Guest, and L D Lewis.
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Justina Ireland is the award winning and New York Times bestselling author of books, comics, and television. Visit her online: justinaireland.com.
L. D. Lewis (she/her) is an award-winning writer of speculative fiction, founder of the Ignyte Awards, co-creator of FIYAH Literary Magazine.
You're invited to a one-on-one conversation between Kwame Mbalia, Writers Symposium Featured Guest, and Carlos Hernandez.
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Kwame is the author of Tristan Strong, co-author of Last Gate of The Emperor with Prince Joel Makonnen, and the editor of Black Boy Joy. He is a Publisher at Freedom Fire with Disney Books.
Carlos Hernandez is the award-winning author, a game designer, a professor of English, and a writer for Marvel Comics.
In Conversation with Tananarive Due & Steven Barnes
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Join our Writers Symposium Special Guests Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes in conversation with Dr. Chesya Burke.
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TANANARIVE DUE (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA.
NY Times bestselling author Steven Barnes was born in Los Angeles, California, and lives there with his wife Tananarive and son Jason.
Dr. Chesya Burke is an Asst. Professor of English and U.S. Literatures and the director of Africana Studies at Stetson University.