On Saturday, Sept. 5th, join us virtually and in Cleveland and Dayton for the 9th Annual Great Lakes African American Writers Conference (GLAAWC affectionately known as “Glossy”). This year’s speakers include: Nell Irvin Painter, Ph.D., the Alice Dunbar Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient; Author Justin Ellis, the Cuyahoga County Public Library Langston Hughes Literary Cleveland Keynote; Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl, our Alice Dunbar Nelson Professional Keynote; and Kortney Morrow, Founder’s Award Recipient and Program Director, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Author Vanessa Miller is the Langston Hughes Literary Dayton Keynote.
Locations: The MLK Branch of the Cleveland Public Library, 10601 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH; and the Northwest Branch of the Dayton Metropolitan Library, 2410 Philadelphia Dr. Dayton, OH 45406.
Virtually: The Detroit Public Library, the GLAAWC YouTube and FaceBook pages, and the GLAAWC Website.