Saturday, September 15, 2007
11:00am - 5:00pm
Exhibitor
Application Form
Participating exhibitors
The Harlem Book Fair-Hartford is returning to the Hartford Public
Library on Saturday, September 15th, 2007 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Join us for a fun filled day of activities along
with dynamic presentations and workshops!
11:00am-12:30pm: Panel Discussion - Belief
Systems of the African-Diaspora as Cultural Resistance: Orisha
Tradition and Culture in the 21st Century
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Panel Discussion is preceded by highlights from Documentary titled "When the Spirits Dance Mambo/Cuando los Espíritus Bailan Mambo" directed by Dr. Marta Moreno Vega & Robert Shepard.
Panelists
: Glaisma Perez-Silva, Dr. Marta
Moreno-Vega, Prof. Okey Ndibe; Alphonso McGriff |
Moderator:
Dr. Leslie G. Desmangles, Professor of Religion and
International Studies, Trinity College, Hartford
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11:45am-12:45pm: Poetry Reading - Teeth, by Aracelis Girmay
“A stunning new voice in U.S. poetry,
Aracelis Girmay’s poetry is deeply enriched by the merging of Eritrean,
Puerto Rican, and African American traditions.” |
 12:00-1:15pm:
Slide Lecture, Finally in Full
Color: The Changing Image of Blacks in Comics
Dr. William Foster III, Comic Book
Historian
This dynamic
presentation traces the images of African Americans in comic strips and
comic books from the 1890s to the present.
1:30-2:30 pm Kids
Cartooning workshop with Jerry Craft
Join award-winning
cartoonist Jerry Craft as he conducts a one-hour cartooning workshop for
kids. He'll explain the entire process of what goes into the creation of
his Mama's Boyz comic strip. Everything from how he draws his
characters to how he comes up with his jokes. Then you'll follow along
step-by-step as he shows you how to create your own characters. Jerry
will also be unveiling his brand new book "Mama's Boyz: Home Schoolin'."
To learn more about Mama's Boyz, check out his website at
www.mamasboyz.com.
1:00-2:15pm Keynote Author
JABARI ASIM
The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't and Why(Houghton
Mifflin; April 2007)
This book reveals how the slur has both
reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the last 400
years. Asim argues that, even when uttered with the opposite intent by
hipsters and hip-hop icons, using the slur helps keep blacks at the
bottom of America's socio-economic ladder. But, Asim also proves, there
is a place for this word in the mouths and on the pens of those who
truly understand its twisted history---from Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle
to Mos Def. Only when we know its legacy can we loosen this slur's grip
on our national psyche.
Maryland based JABARI ASIM is deputy editor of the Washginton Post
Book World. He also writes a weekly syndicated column on popular
culture. His writing has appeared in Essence, Salon, the Los Angeles
Times, the Village Voice, and elsewhere.
1:30-3:00pm
Homage to Latino Writers/Homenaje A Autores Latinos
Recitals by local known poets and writers including Robert Cotto, Viana Turcios and Isabelle Osorio of their favorite works by Latino authors.
1:30-3:30pm
 Grace Edwards
Fundamentals of Fiction Writing Workshop (registration required)
This workshop will cover such topics as:
-The one universal theme that interests all readers
-The two original stories on which all others are based
-The three forms of conflict
-The six plots
2:00-3:00pm
Master Drummer, John Marshall
Kids Drumming Workshop
A workshop for the total rhythmic novice, as well as the trained percussionist, stress will be placed on the transformation of technique into joyful rhythmic collaboration in a safe and non-competitive atmosphere.
2:15-3:30pm:
Workshop - Creative Storytelling with Adults,
Cleo Duke Wright
In this workshop,
participants will produce a new myth from an old classic by working with
a collective imagination. This storytelling exercise will enhance
the imagination and creativity of the individual and the group.
2:30-4:00pm: Author Talk and Book Signing
Relentless Aaron
This acclaimed
author of thirty completed manuscripts written while in prison has
published over fourteen books. The books he penned behind prison walls
are now breakout hits. Shortly after his release, he earned a 6-figure,
fourteen book deal with St. Martin’s Press and most recently signed a
deal with G-Unit/Pocket Books together with rappers LL Cool Jay and 50
Cent.
His stellar
sucess has attracted the attention of such such media giants as ABC
World News,
The New York Times, TIME
Magazine
and
NPR.
3:30-5:00pm:Author
Talk and Book Signing
Democracy
by Diplomacy, by Lionel Hurst
"The
diplomats and leaders from the tiny Caribbean states have
utilized the multilateral institutions where they sit at
table with the USA to make themselves a moral force for
good. How could tiny states possibly compel changes in US
foreign policy? A former Ambassador to the UN, the USA and
the OAS, Lionel
Hurst answers this question in
Democracy by Diplomacy."
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Domino Playing
Tables on Arch Street - 12:00-4:30
OPEN-MIC
SOUNDSTAGE – Hosted by Singer, Songwriter Charmagne Tripp
11:00-11:30 – Performance,
Artists Collective Jackie
McLean Youth Jazz Ensemble
12:05-12:20 – Reading,
Patricia Hamilton
12:30-1:00 – Performance,
Negrua Peruana
1:05-1:20 – Spoken Word,
Regina Dyton
1:25-1:40 – Reading, Tina
Brown
1:45-2:00 – Reading, Irene
Melo
2:05-2:20 – Reading, Winessa Smith
2:25-2:40 – Spoken Word,
Linda Lopez
2:45-3:00 – Reading, Evie
Rhodes
3:00-4:00 – Performance,
Tierra Mestiza
4:00-5:00pm
Master Drummer, John Marshall
Kids Drumming Workshop
A workshop for the total rhythmic novice, as well as the trained percussionist, stress will be placed on the transformation of technique into joyful rhythmic collaboration in a safe and non-competitive atmosphere.
For information and questions, please call
860-695-6324
A program
of the
Hartford Public Library.Website Contact:
webmaster@hplct.org
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