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Fort Greene Park Literary Festival
Saturday, August 23, 2008
3:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
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Add to CalendarFeaturing Poet Laureates, Past and Present:
Amiri Baraka, Quincy Troupe , Louis Reyes Rivera, and Hal Sirowitz reading alongside young people from our free workshops in Fort Greene Park!
MC: Laurie Cumbo of MoCADA.
Extra Special Guest Performers: Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble!!!
Drawing upon the rich and diverse literary history of Fort Greene Park and its surrounding neighborhoods, The Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival provides a means for self-expression and creativity for area young people, and builds community through arts and literature. The Lit Fest consists of a six-week series of free Saturday creative writing workshops for young people and an end-of-summer reading featuring literary icons reading alongside our young writers. The Lit Fest honors the power of the written word to build inclusiveness and give voice to the thoughts and experiences of everyone, not just the privileged and powerful. Past readers include literary icons Sonia Sanchez, Sapphire, Gloria Naylor, and Jhumpa Lahiri.
The Lit Fest is a project of NY Writers Coalition, the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, Akashic Books and Global Talent Associates, with additional support from The Walt Whitman Project.
Sponsors include: State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, the National Endowment For The Arts, Con Edison, Time Warner, the Hot Topic Foundation, Independence Community Foundation, the Pinkerton Foundation, the Valentine Perry Snyder Fund, the Brooklyn Arts Council through a grant received from the NY State Council For The Arts, Poets & Writers, Inc. through public funds from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.
Amiri Baraka, Quincy Troupe , Louis Reyes Rivera, and Hal Sirowitz reading alongside young people from our free workshops in Fort Greene Park!
MC: Laurie Cumbo of MoCADA.
Extra Special Guest Performers: Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble!!!
Drawing upon the rich and diverse literary history of Fort Greene Park and its surrounding neighborhoods, The Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival provides a means for self-expression and creativity for area young people, and builds community through arts and literature. The Lit Fest consists of a six-week series of free Saturday creative writing workshops for young people and an end-of-summer reading featuring literary icons reading alongside our young writers. The Lit Fest honors the power of the written word to build inclusiveness and give voice to the thoughts and experiences of everyone, not just the privileged and powerful. Past readers include literary icons Sonia Sanchez, Sapphire, Gloria Naylor, and Jhumpa Lahiri.
The Lit Fest is a project of NY Writers Coalition, the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, Akashic Books and Global Talent Associates, with additional support from The Walt Whitman Project.
Sponsors include: State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, the National Endowment For The Arts, Con Edison, Time Warner, the Hot Topic Foundation, Independence Community Foundation, the Pinkerton Foundation, the Valentine Perry Snyder Fund, the Brooklyn Arts Council through a grant received from the NY State Council For The Arts, Poets & Writers, Inc. through public funds from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.