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Writers conference. It is such a pleasure to be today. This afternoon, in conversation with Patricia Spears Jones merida, golden and kevin powell, we can give them a round of applause, please. I am just going to briefly read each of our authors bios and these are condensed kind of in the effort for us to have enough time, a very brief word about each writer. And then, as you know as you will do there is room that contains their wonderful books and i hope you will spend time picking up their book...

Good afternoon. How is everyone . I know we are a bit happier and brighter to be in this of Medgar Evers College at the National Writers conference. It is such a pleasure to be today. This afternoon, in conversation with Patricia Spears Jones merida, golden and kevin powell, we can give them a round of applause, please. I am just going to briefly read each of our authors bios and these are condensed kind of in the effort for us to have enough time, a very brief word about each writer. And then, ...

With Patricia Spears Jones merida, golden and kevin powell, we can give them a round of applause, please. I am just going to briefly read each of our authors bios and these are condensed kind of in the effort for us to have enough time, a very brief word about each writer. And then, as you know as you will do there is room that contains their wonderful books and i hope you will spend time picking up their books and spending with all of their words. As i have done for many, many years. So to begi...

Writers conference. It is such a pleasure to be today. This afternoon, in conversation with Patricia Spears Jones merida, golden and kevin powell, we can give them a round of applause, please. I am just going to briefly read each of our authors bios and these are condensed kind of in the effort for us to have enough time, a very brief word about each writer. And then, as you know as you will do there is room that contains their wonderful books and i hope you will spend time picking up their book...

Financial resources are provided by the Amazon Literary Partnership.

Amazon Literary Partnership 2023 Grant Recipients include Sinister Wisdom, Contratiempo, InsideOut Literary Arts, WriteGirl, Hurston Wright Foundation, etc.

Amazon Literary Partnership awards nearly $1 million in grant and sponsorship funding to 93 literary nonprofits nationwide Amazon Literary Partnership is committed to supporting writing programs...

“[Of the Diaspora works by] filling in the overlooked pages of a literary tradition that has long fought to be seen holistically, beyond the achievements of...

In its fourth annual report on how its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts are progressing, HBG said 61% of new hires last were BIPOC employees, bringing the percentage of BIPOC staff members to 36.4% of its total workforce. However, progress stalled in expanding BIPOC representation at senior levels and the number of new books bought from BIPOC creators fell as a percentage of all books acquired in 2022.

The first author fair is March 25 and features talks with Iowa authors and book signings.