Lit Week

Please mark your calendars to join the English Department for a rich lineup of events celebrating the power and possibilities of literature, media, writing, and activism! The English Department's annual LIT WEEK (Sunday, March 23 - Monday, March 31) celebration is packed with workshops, screenings, discussions, and social justice activities featuring acclaimed writers, scholars, and activists from the AUC and beyond, including:

• Prentice Penny is an American producer, writer, and director. He is best known as the showrunner for the HBO series Insecure. He is the writer and director of the Netflix film Uncorked. He was the creator and host of the show Upscale with Prentice Penny.
• Shannon Sanders, C'2007, is a Black writer and attorney and the author of the forthcoming linked short story collection "Company."
• Cherie Jones a writer, lawyer and mom-of-four. Her short stories have variously been published in PANK, Cadenza, Eclectica, The Feminist Wire and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. She’s a fellowship awardee of the Vermont Studio Centre and completed her MA with distinction at Sheffield Hallam University, where she was awarded the Archie Markham Award and the A.M Heath prize.
• Pamela Winn, C'1989, activist and advocate for the rights of currently and formerly incarcerated people.
• Dr. Sa'ed Atshan, Palestinian American anthropolgist and professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Swarthmore College.

Full Schedule:

Sunday, March 23
Screening and Discussion: Omar and the Genocide in Palestine, featuring Palestinian American anthropologist and professor of peace and conflict studies Dr. Sa'ed Atshan, hosted by the Spelman Film Club and Spelmanites United for Justice | 12 p.m | Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D., Academic Center, LL32

Tuesday, March 25
Community Read-In with Barbadian fiction writer Cherie Jones (Faculty Cloister) 
11 a.m | Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D., Academic Center 328 | Including coffee, pastries, and free books *limited to 15 participants* Register for the Community Read-In

Wednesday, March 25
Lunch Workshop with Fiction Writer Shannon Sanders, C'2007, featuring Spelman alumna and author of the short story collection Company ***limited to 20 participants***
12 p.m | Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D., Academic Center 328 (Faculty Cloister)

Fiction Writer Shannon Sanders, C'2007
Reading and Conversation with Author Tiphanie Yanique featuring two award-winning authors of fiction and poetry | 6:30 p.m | Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D., Academic Center LL28

Thursday, March 27
Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society Induction
11 a.m | Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D., LLC2 Auditorium | Light refreshments will be provided.

Reading and Discussion with Barbadian fiction writer Cherie Jones featuring the award-winning writer discussing her debut novel | 4 p.m | ZOOM

Saturday, March 29
Social Justice Saturday: 1 p.m | ZOOM | Town Hall on the Future of Prison Outreach at Spelman featuring Dr. Kipton Jensen, Director of the Higher Education in Prisons Program in Morehouse's Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership, and formerly incarcerated activists Pamela Winn, founder of RestoreHER and the Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network; La-Meik Taylor, specialist at the NYS Youth Justice Institute and restorative justice peer at Urban Grief; and Reggie Dugue, artist-activist and graduate of the Bard Prison Initiative and debate team.

Monday, March 31
6 p.m | ZOOM | Table Talk with Directior, Writer, and Producer Prentice Penny featuring the director, writer, and producer of shows and films such as Insecure, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Girlfriends, and Black Twitter: A People's History, hosted by Nyla Choates, C'2025.

We hope to see you next week! Please share with friends, students, faculty, staff, and other AUC community members. All are welcome!