Great Lakes African American Writers Conference Authors Showcase

Loganberry Books announces the second annual Great Lakes African American Writers Conference (GLAAWC) book fair and author readings. This event is a part of Cleveland Book Week, sponsored by the Cleveland Foundation and the Anisfield Book Awards.

The day includes the People of Color readings with Anisfield-Wolf Fellow Zachary Thomas, as well as: Simone Jelks, African American female NBA and NCAA referee, dishing dating advice in How to Date an Ambitious Woman; Clara Jean Mosely, a Native American woman, remembers growing up as the hearing daughter of a deaf father in American in Paris.; and, Ava Reiss, Asian American woman, wrote an acclaimed Young Adult fantasy novel, the Fall of Ima. More than 20 writers will attend.

The readings were organized by Eachworth Journal, a literary collective started by Loganberry Books local author liaison Miesha Wilson Headen with writer Charlotte Morgan. Eachworth Journal seeks to locate the best literature from people of color, market Cleveland’s creative economy, and to expand the audience of readers and writers for the purpose of enriching the body of the emerging creative cultural voices.

The people of color participating in the GLAAWC Book Fair event are artists exploring themes but from perspectives unique to Cleveland and its nearby regions. Readers will be featured each hour.

According to Charlotte Morgan, who teaches nonfiction workshops with Literary Cleveland, “we wanted to promote literacy and give a voice to prose writers around town who aren’t often heard and have never been heard.”