The Hurston/Wright Foundation, named for Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, was founded in 1990 by Marita Golden and Clyde McElvene. As part of its mission “to ensure the future of Black writers and the literature they produce,†the Foundation holds a series of workshops for people of color that include public readings. Join us to hear the work of accomplished and emerging poets and writers of fiction and creative nonfiction; speakers include: Breena Clarke, author of Angels Make Their Hope Here and Stand the Storm; Terrance Hayes, award-winning poet whose books include How to be Drawn, Lighthead, and Wind in a Box; Wil Haygood, author of The Butler and the forthcoming Showdown; and Chinelo Okparanta, whose fiction includes Happiness Like Water.
