{"id":8582,"date":"2022-08-09T16:43:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=8582"},"modified":"2022-08-09T16:45:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T16:45:35","slug":"the-international-black-writers-festival-is-returning-to-howard-after-nearly-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/the-international-black-writers-festival-is-returning-to-howard-after-nearly-40-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Black Writers Festival Is Returning To Howard After Nearly 40 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/imgg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8583\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/imgg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/imgg-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/imgg-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/imgg-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Howard University\u2019s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center recently announced that the International Black Writers Festival is returning for the first time since 1983. From October 5-8th, the festival will be held on Howard\u2019s campus grounds.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guest speakers will include Ta-Nehisi Coates, Clint Smith, Sonia Sanchez, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Bibi Barake, and more. The festival\u2019s mission statement reads: \u201cTo come together as one, to engage the diversity, complexity and beauty of writing the global Black experience.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Further information about the festival\u2019s programs is awaiting release. For updates about tickets and more details about this year\u2019s International Black Writers Festival, follow <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moorlandhu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>@MoorlandHU<\/strong><\/a><strong> on Twitter.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Below, see the full lineup.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FZgwPTXXwAMMo9A?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howard University\u2019s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center recently announced that the International Black Writers Festival is returning for the first time since 1983. From October 5-8th, the festival will be held on Howard\u2019s campus grounds.\u00a0 Guest speakers will include Ta-Nehisi Coates, Clint Smith, Sonia Sanchez, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Bibi Barake, and more. The festival\u2019s mission statement reads: \u201cTo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,176],"tags":[31,929,1332,834],"class_list":["post-8582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","category-news","tag-featured","tag-howard-university","tag-international-black-writers-festival","tag-ta-nehisi-coates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}