Thursday, May 5, 2016 6:00-7:15 pm
Calabar Imports Harlem
2504 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (at 134th St.)
Harlem, NY 10030
STEPHANIE RENÉE PAYNE is founder and CEO of One Woman One Voice Project, a certified life coach, and author of ESP: Extreme Self Pampering for the Soul. She has written numerous essays and short fiction, which are featured in Hunger Mountain, Shadowbox, and For Harriet, and others.
Stephanie was invited to give a TEDx Talk, where she discussed limiting cultural constructs. She has taught creative writing at The New School, and is currently completing a memoir, Unbroken: One Daughter's Journey. She holds a MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Stephanie was invited to give a TEDx Talk, where she discussed limiting cultural constructs. She has taught creative writing at The New School, and is currently completing a memoir, Unbroken: One Daughter's Journey. She holds a MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
WOMEN
WRITERS OF THE DIASPORA is a
reading/discussion series created and moderated by Dr. Celesti Colds Fechter,
Exec. Director of Education Success Services and Prof., Org. Behavior,
King Graduate School, New Rochelle. The
series features poetry, prose, memoir, essay, reportage, urban writing by
African and African diasporan women. Past readers include Opal Palmer Adisa,
Amber Atiya, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Jacqueline Bishop, Pamela Booker, Cheryl
Boyce-Taylor, Merle Collins, Lorraine Currelley, Carole Boyce Davies, Bridget
Davis, LaTasha Diggs, Kim Coleman Foote, Ifeona Fulani, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Farah
Jasmine Griffin, Monica Hand, Eartha Watts Hicks, J.P. Howard, Linda Susan
Jackson, Pamela Jackson, Jacqueline
Johnson, Patricia Spears Jones, Tayari Jones, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, Nigeria
Lockley, Yvette Louis, Diana McCaulay, Rosalind McLymont, Pam Mordecai,
Elizabeth Nunez, Ebele Oseye, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts,
Cecily Rodway, Gammy Singer, Danyel Smith, Patricia Smith, Martha Southgate,
Eisa Ulen, and Tiphanie Yanique.
Be sure to mark your calendar for future
readings/discussions: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, May 19; Cynthia Manick, Jun 9; and Celeste Rita Baker, Jun 23.
Stay updated by following the WOMEN WRITERS OF THE DIASPORA blog at http://womenwritersofdiaspora.blogspot.com/.
Stay updated by following the WOMEN WRITERS OF THE DIASPORA blog at http://womenwritersofdiaspora.blogspot.com/.
The
venue, Calabar Imports Harlem, is provided by Atim Anette Otun. The series is co-sponsored by Mosaic Literary Magazine.
Congratulations my dear friend!!! I' ll catch up with you soon. I send you lots of love. Patrizia Rampone
ReplyDeleteCongratulations my dear friend!!! I' ll catch up with you soon. I send you lots of love. Patrizia Rampone
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