Unexplored Greats: A Study of Lesser Known African American Authors with Arrie Porter

Mondays, February 12 & 19, 2024, 6:30-8:30pm CST, Hybrid (in-person at Gemini Ink and online via Zoom)

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Craft your own dynamic works in poetry and fiction as you expand your literary knowledge of Black authors in this two-session workshop. Participants will study the works of non-mainstream African American authors who have made valuable literary contributions, such as Henry Dumas, Rita Dove, Lucille Clifton, Christopher Gilbert, Yusef Komunyakaa, and others. Participants will explore the narrative and lyrical license, devices, and history of these authors while learning to craft our own dynamic works in poetry and fiction. Join us and get acquainted with these Black authors! This course is open to writers of all genres and skill level, 18+.

Arrie Porter is a poet and fiction writer with publications in The Winward Review, Voices de la Luna, RiverSedge, The Thing Itself, and others. She has reviewed books of fiction for Angelo State University and serves as a Gemini Ink Teaching Artist. She is the former host of the Coffee Loft Open Mic in Atlanta Georgia, and performs at various open mics. She is the creator of “Voices,” a DreamWeek San Antonio event, and creator and publisher of Nubian Notes, a magazine now maintained as a special collection at the John Peace Library, Institute of Texas Cultures. Arrie is a Professor of English at Our Lady of the Lake University.