HOLD THE DATE: Eartha Watts-Hicks - Thursday, November 5, 2015

Women Writers of the Diaspora presents Eartha Watts-Hicks

Thursday, November 5, 6:00-7:15 pm

Calabar Imports Harlem

2504 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (at 134^th St.)

Harlem, NY 10030

EARTHA WATTS-HICKS is the former director of publications for Cultivating Our Sisterhood International Association (COSIA), as well as a member of Project Enterprise, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and the legendary Harlem Writers Guild. A fellow of the North Country Institute and Retreat for Writers of Color, Eartha's writings have appeared in several online publications, including Harlem World Magazine, TheUrbanBookSource.com, and Future Executives.org. In June of 2013, she received the Just R.E.A.D. Award in the fiction category from the NYCHA branch of the NAACP and was named New York City literacy ambassador.

Women Writers of the Diaspora is a reading/discussion series created and moderated by Dr. Celesti Colds Fechter, Exec. Director of Education Success Services, LLC and Prof. of Org. Behavior at King Graduate School in New Rochelle, NY. Women Writers of the Diaspora features poetry, prose, memoir, essay, reportage, and urban writing by African and African  Diasporan women.

Don't forget to mark your calendars for readings by Lorraine Currelley on November 19, Keisha-Gaye Andereson on December 3, and Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa on December 17!  We also have an exciting lineup of writers for 2016, so please be sure to follow my blog at http://womenwritersofdiaspora.blogspot.com/.

The venue, Calabar Imports Harlem, is provided by Atim Otun, and the series is co-sponsored by Mosaic Literary Magazine.  

Space is limited.  Please RSVP at womenwritersofdiaspora@gmail.com