Highlights
A Special Note of Thanks!
Up South, Inc. extends thanks to Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, Opal Palmer Adisa, The Go On Girls! Bookclub, George Faison, Tad Schnuggs and everyone who participated in making our March 29th event at Faison’s Firehouse a fabulous and memorable event. Look out for video clips from the event that we’ll post on the site.
Up Next!
Up South, Inc. will feature Farai Chideya, reading from Kiss The Sky, her debut novel being published by Atria Books in May.
When: Friday, May 29th, 2 – 4pm
Where: Book Expo 2009, as a part of the African American Pavillion at the Javits Center in New York City
What: An intergenerational reading dialogue among Black women writers, Voices and Visions of New American Dreams, part 2
Also featuring: Lori Tharps, author of Kinky Gazpacho, poet Patricia Spears Jones, and more
How: This event is free and open to the public (registration to the Book Expo is not required)
Why: To promote new and exciting work in storytelling and to raise financial and moral support for the work of Up South, Inc.
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