"Her Word As Witness: Women Writers of the African Diaspora" opens today, December 1, 2011, in Restoration Plaza's Skylight Gallery.
The exhibit will feature 35 photographic portraits by Brooklyn-based photographer, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, of some of today's most compelling writers, along with excerpts from their works.
Those featured, include award-winning Haitian novelist and essayist Edwidge Danticat who the New York Times credits with increasing America's understanding of the Haitian immigrant; President Barack Obama's inaugural poet, Elizabeth Alexander; soul-stirring, singer-songwriter-bassist and Grammy award recipient, Esperanza Spalding and 32 other equally noteworthy literary and performance giants.
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The exhibition will promote a personal and community dialogue about the artists, race, sexism, literature, love and other issues.
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WHO: Malaika Adero, Elizabeth Alexander, Tomika Anderson, asha bandele, Kristal Brent Zook, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Raquel Cepeda, Kandia Crazy Horse, Edwidge Danticat, Tananarive Due, Coc Fusco, Carolina Gonzalez, Karen Good Marable, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Tayari Jones, Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, Demetria L. Lucas, Dominga Martin, Kierna Mayo, Bernice L. McFadden, Nekesa Moody, jessica Care moore, Joan Morgan, Jill Nelson, Liza Jessie Peterson, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Sonia Sanchez, Danyel Smith, Akiba Solomon, Esperanza Spalding, Mecca Jamillah Sullivan, Susan L. Taylor, Terrie Williams, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Nana Camille Yarbrough
WHAT: "Her Word as Witness: Women Writers of the African Diaspora"
WHEN: Opening Reception, Thursday, December 1, 2011, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
WHERE: The Skylight Gallery, 1368 Fulton Street, 3rd fl.
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