This event will be streamed online as part of our P&P Live! Series.
The third of three events celebrating Hurston/Wright Legacy Award nominations, with this particular program representing the fiction category and moderated by Glory Edim.
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award honors the best in Black literature in the United States and around the globe. Introduced in 2001, the Legacy Award was the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers. Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry honorees are selected in a juried competition. Join us to celebrate the 2020 nominees for nonfiction!
Nominees appearing for this virtual event include:
Ron A. Austin, Avery Colt is a Snake, a Thief, a Liar (Southeast Missouri State Univ Press)
Kalisha Buckhanon, Speaking of Summer (Counterpoint)
Jeffrey Colvin, Africaville (Amistad)
Sion Dayson, As a River (Jaded Ibis Press)
Rion Amilcar Scott, The World Doesn’t Require You (Liveright)
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, The Revisioners (Counterpoint)
All donations for this event will go towards the Hurston/Wright Foundation.
You can also support Politics and Prose Bookstore, the authors, and our virtual event series by purchasing a book from our website.
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