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Department of English at Winston-Salem State University | Hall-Patterson 601 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, 336-750-2300 #WSSUEnglish

 Winston-Salem, NC
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Joined January 2016
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The Department of English invites WSSU undergraduate students to submit creative fiction and nonfiction pieces for the Fall 2021 Writing Contest. The deadline is Nov. 12.
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United Kingdom Faculty-Led #StudyAbroad #EducationAndGlobalPerspectives @EastCarolina
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Interest Meeting for @WSSU students interested in M.A. in ⁦@ncatsuaggies⁩ English and African American Literature program | November 17 | 4:00 pm
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InsideWFU@InsideWFU28 Oct 2022
Congrats to @WFUAfAmStudies Prof. Greene Benjamin (@phdshammy29) on this honor! The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation’s Annual Legacy Awards honor the best in Black literature in the U.S. and around the globe 🌏.
WFU African American and African Studies (@WFUAfAmStudies) profile pictureWFU African American and African Studies@WFUAfAmStudies28 Oct 2022
CONGRATULATIONS to 2022 Legacy Award winner @WFUAfAmStudies Prof. Shanna Greene Benjamin (@phdshammy29)! @WakeForest @WakeForestNews @WFUCollege @CLAscholar
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The Department of English invites WSSU undergraduate students to submit creative works for the Fall 2022 Writing Contest. Submissions may include poems, short stories, and plays. The deadline is October 28, 2022, at 11:59 pm.
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Happy Birthday to Black feminist playwright and poet Ntozake Shange (October 18, 1948- October 27, 2018)!🎂 Today would have been her 74th birthday. We honor this literary giant and her dedication to black women and girls.
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ALT Black and white photo of Ntozake Shange.

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Authors in Schools | Tia Williams | Today at 11:00 am | Hill Hall L05
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How an ancient rainmaker inspired a quest to nurture female writers in #Malawi theguardian.com/global-devel… #AfricanLiterature @AfWrldNwPrj @Akufuna_Ngonda @AdNAUbuntu

How an ancient rainmaker inspired a quest to nurture female writers in Malawi

I was struck by how few authors I could name who are women. With Makewana, the ‘mother’ responsible for rain, as our namesake, my group set out to end the literary drought

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Loved @IBJIYONGI's incredible book? Vote for #DisorderedCosmos in the Goodreads Choice Award: goodreads.com/choiceawards/b…
Goodreads Choice Awards

Goodreads Choice Awards

Announcing readers' favorite books of the year!

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profloumoore@loumoore1216 Nov 2021
Today is the official book drop day for the paperback to We Will Win the Day. You already know I’m geeked up. New foreword, same great content. Don’t have the marketing money of other worthy books dropping today, but I have y’all. So I’m good with that. Appreciate all the support
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Please consider forwarding to your networks, groups, and/or students to help my UG research assistant collect data for her project. TIA! @dr_neecie @jackmonell @nojagr504 @iamdrdenise @DrGPsyc @AfroLGBTpsy @drkimcase @drdebnam @akleePhD @DrRLStitt
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Replying to @rootswoundsword
@rootswoundsword #OctaviaButler #BlackSciFi #BlackWomen #BlackArt
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Have never done such a thing, but I’m looking forward to discussing this intriguing film with my co-panelists and any interested souls in the Twitterverse.
Kimberly Juanita Brown (@kjuanitabrown) profile pictureKimberly Juanita Brown@kjuanitabrown11 Nov 2021
Happening this Saturday at 5:30pm EST! Please join us for this important and timely conversation with @dem8z. We are going to get into all the things... #PassingFilmDMCD #PFDMCD @raceandvisual
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Just gotta thank @WSSUEnglish 🏆
James Thurl Jones (@neverbeenshy) profile pictureJames Thurl Jones@neverbeenshy18 Oct 2021
Another one of my abstracts was accepted for a conference 😭
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Save 30% on new book To Make Negro Literature by Elizabeth McHenry @elizmchenry. #LiteraryStudies #LiteraryCriticism ow.ly/yoPE50Gtrgn
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How Octavia E. Butler Became a Legend daily.jstor.org/how-octavia-… via @JSTOR_Daily
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2020-2021 Hanes Endowed Lecture Series | Conversation with Dr. Ike Okonta discussing his new book: The Failure of Leadership in Africa’s Development | March 24, 12:30 pm -1:30 pm
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Screening and discussion of the documentary Open Wounds w/ director Phil Allen Jr. | Tonight, March 18 at 6:00 pm
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