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SUMMARY:Writer to Writer with Marian Hassan and Ahmed Ismail Yusuf
DESCRIPTION:  \nWriter to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous and people of color) writers. \nIn Somali pastoral tradition\, a genre of writing that depicts an idealized rural life\, language is the richest possession – carried like water\, full of poetry\, memory\, and heritage. Join Somali American writers Marian Hassan and Ahmed Ismail Yusuf in a conversation of how their writing is a way to remember\, resist\, and make meaning of stories shaped by migration\, tradition\, and the shadow of war. \nThey will explore language as both a bridge and barrier and discuss the challenges of transferring fragmented oral stories to the page\, balancing truth with craft\, and searching for home in memory and language. Q&A session to follow. Collaborator: More Than a Single Story. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nThis is a virtual event please Register here \nPanelist Bios: \nMarian Hassan is a writer\, educator\, third culture adult\, and advocate for bi-literacy and educational equity. Her work focuses on creating inclusive learning materials that honor students’ heritage languages and cultural identities. Hassan is the author of several bilingual children’s books and the editor of Crossroads: An Anthology of Resilience and Hope\, a collection of youth writing. \nAhmed Ismail Yusuf was raised in a nomadic upbringing and is the author of three books: Gorgorkii Yimi\, The Lion’s Binding Oath\, Somalis in Minnesota\, and Maana-faay (translated from Somali into English). Two new books will be released in 2026. He holds a BS in Creative Writing and Psychology from Trinity College in Hartford\, Connecticut and an MPA (Master of Public Affairs) from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/writer-to-writer-with-marian-hassan-and-ahmed-ismail-yusuf/
CATEGORIES:Writer to Writer
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SUMMARY:Our Stories Ourselves with Crown Shepard
DESCRIPTION:Our Stories\, Ourselves (OSO) is our legacy series which include a panel discussion and related writing workshops led by BIPOC writers. Each cluster of OSO events are shaped around a specific theme and a set of BIPOC writers. \nLocal author Crown Shepherd shares how writers can bring stories to life with bold characters\, exciting plots and kid-friendly dialogue! Learn how to write engaging comics that capture children’s imaginations. From crafting compelling narratives to understanding pacing and tone\, you’ll gain the tools to create a comic that entertains\, educates and connects with young readers. Collaborators: More Than a Single Story\, MN BIPOC KidLit Creators. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \n*This is an online event* – Please register here \nPanelist bio \nCrown Shepherd is a prolific author with ten published books to her name and many more in the pipeline. She is a seasoned marketing manager at Wise Ink Creative Publishing\, a dedicated owner and bookseller at Liberate Your BookShelf\, and an unwavering advocate for reading. \nBorn and raised in the vibrant community of North Minneapolis\, Crown Shepherd has always been passionate about literacy and education. Her life’s mission revolves around reducing the illiteracy rate within the Black community. She firmly believes that reading is the key to unlocking a world of knowledge and opportunity. \nWith the firm conviction that if you can read\, you can learn; if you can learn\, you can grow; and if you can grow\, you can be anything\, Crown Shepherd has tirelessly worked to inspire and empower individuals through the written word. \nIn addition to her literary pursuits\, Crown Shepherd actively contributes to her community by serving on several non-profit boards in the Twin Cities. Her commitment to fostering positive change has not gone unnoticed\, and she has been recognized as a publishing fellow for Wise Ink. \nCrown Shepherd’s dedication to the arts and literature has also earned her accolades in the form of several prestigious Minnesota Arts grants. These grants have allowed her to further her mission of promoting literacy and making a lasting impact on her community. \nAs an author\, marketer\, bookseller\, advocate\, and community leader\, Crown Shepherd’s multifaceted contributions continue to leave an indelible mark on the world of literature and education. Her passion for storytelling and her commitment to the betterment of her community make her a true literary force to be reckoned with. \nFor more about Crown Shepherd\, visit www.crownthewriter.com
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/our-stories-ourselves-with-crown-shepard/
CATEGORIES:Our Story Ourselves
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SUMMARY:Embracing Our Roots: Rooted and Rising with Dr. John S. Wright & Davu Underwood Seru
DESCRIPTION:Embracing Our Roots consists of monthly conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s literary history within their community. The series started with a collaboration between More Than a Single Story\, Black Table Arts and In Black Ink to highlight conversations between Black artists across generations. \n*This is an in-person event* please register here \nPanelist Bios \nJohn S. Wright– Morse-Amoco Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of African American & African Studies and English at the University of Minnesota. Born in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis\, Wright earned degrees in three different fields from the University: his Ph.D. (American Studies / History of African Peoples\, 1977)\, M.A.\, (English & American Literature\, 1971)\, and B.E.E. (Electrical Engineering\, 1968). Before leaving in 1973 to build a program in Afro-American & African Studies at Carleton College\, he participated in the student movement that helped found both the University’s Department of African American & African Studies and its Martin Luther King Program\, which he subsequently administered for three years. After returning to the University in 1984\, he chaired the AFRO Department\, spearheaded the acquisition of the Archie Givens Collection of African American Literature & Life\, and served on the CLA faculty for thirty-five years before retiring in 2019. \nWhile serving as senior editor of Coffeehouse Press’s Black Arts Movement Reprint Series and Simon & Schuster’s Givens Collection Series\, he published the critically acclaimed intellectual biography\, Shadowing Ralph Ellison: Art\, Freedom\, and Technologies of the Spirit; and he has consulted for such television documentaries as Africans in America; Midnight Ramble: the Cinema of Oscar Micheaux; and PBS’s Free to Dance series. His extended essay on African American Intellectual Life for the Macmillan Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History remains a scholarly landmark. As performer\, he headlined revivals of Langston Hughes’s Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz at Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center on a double-bill with Imamu Amiri Baraka\, and on stage with John Faddis and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band in its 2000 production. \nDavu Underwood Seru is the Curator of the Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life and co-author of the book Sights\, Sounds\, Soul: The Twin Cities Through The Lens of Charles Chamblis\, which was a finalist for the 2017 MN Book Award. He has published articles on literature\, music\, history and culture in American Book Review\, The Waker Art Center online magazine MnArtist.org and the French jazz magazine Les Allumés du Jazz. He is currently working on a book project with the artist Seitu Ken Jones. \nIn 2023\, before leaving the English Department at Hamline University\, where he had taught since 2011\, Davu was awarded the Dr. Colleen S. Bell Outstanding Faculty Award. He continues to teach on- and off-campus. \nDavu is also an improvising musician and composer known primarily for his work on drums. His compositions often emphasize interdisciplinarity and draw from archival research. This work has afforded him an international reputation and awards from McKnight Foundation (2020 Composer Fellowship)\, Jerome Foundation (2017-18 Composer/Sound Artist Fellow) and commissions from Walker Art Center and Zeitgeist ensemble. \nDavu remains the longest-serving teaching assistant to Dr. John S. Wright and the longest-serving graduate research fellow to the Givens Collection.
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LOCATION:Elmer L. Andersen Library\, 222 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:Embracing Our Roots
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SUMMARY:EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING -A conversation with Mary Moore Easter and Leslie Parker
DESCRIPTION:Embracing Our Roots consists of conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s history within their community. The series is a collaboration between More Than a Single Story\, The Givens Collection of Literature and Life\, and In Black Ink to highlight conversations between Black artists across generations. \nDon’t forget to register here \nPanelist Bios \nMary Moore Easter\, author of five poetry collections and a memoir\, continues to comment on her world\, inner and outer. Her most recent collection\, Dancing on the Precipice\, a good description of not falling over the edge\, chronicles healing to dance\, travel\, family\, politics and new love following core-opening surgery at 85. Honors: Cave Canem Fellow; recipient of book and dance awards; Carleton College’s Mary Easter Dance Studio in honor of her legacy in that place. Poetry Memberships ongoing: Penchant\, Twin Cities Black Women Writing and others. \nLeslie Parker was born in the traditional homeland of Dakhóta and Ojibwe and raised in the Rondo neighborhood which led her to refining her dance practice in her second art home base of the Lenape people (aka Brooklyn\, NY). Parker\, a dance artist\, educator\, performer\, improviser\, organizer\, choreographer\, and director is a 2017 Bessie award recipient\, a Jerome Hill Artist\nFellow 2019-2021\, 2022 Mcknight Choreographer Fellow and 2024-2026 Jerome@Camargo artist-in-residence in Cassis\, France. She holds a MFA from Hollins University in partnership with Dresden Frankfurt Company and Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt\, Germany. She lectured\, choreographed\, improvised\, and taught dance at Spelman College\, Florida State\nUniversity\, TU Dance Center\, University of Michigan\, Sarah Lawrence College\, University of Minnesota\, Alabama School of Fine Arts\, Keshet Dance School and Performing Arts\, Carleton College\, Point Park University\, Temple University\, and Hollins University. Parker has worked and studied with local\, national and international choreographers globally.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/embracing-our-roots-rooted-and-rising-a-conversation-with-mary-moore-easter-and-leslie-parker/
LOCATION:Elmer L. Andersen Library\, 222 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:Embracing Our Roots
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SUMMARY:EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING -A conversation with Carolyn Holbrook and Arleta Little
DESCRIPTION:This event has been rescheduled to April 4th \n  \nJoin beloved artists and culture bearers\, Carolyn Holbrook and Arleta Little in a wide ranging conversation as they reflect on the paths that led them to where they are today in their lives and careers; paths that have often been lit by unseen and unexpected sources. Embracing our Roots: Rooted and Rising pairs Black artists and arts activist Elders with next-generation arts leaders in conversation\, mining the continuum of cultural knowledge and experience that built today’s arts community. It is a partnership between More Than a Single Story\, The Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life\, and the In Black Ink publishing arts initiative. \nEmbracing Our Roots consists of conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s history within their community. The series is a collaboration between More Than a Single Story\, The Givens Collection of Literature and Life\, and In Black Ink to highlight conversations between Black artists across generations. \nDon’t forget to register here \nPanelist Bios: \nCarolyn Holbrook is founder and director or More Than a Single Story. Her memoir\, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify\, won the 2021 Minnesota Book Award in memoir/creative nonfiction. She is co-editor with David Mura of the anthology\, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (UMN Press) and is co-author with Dr. Josie Johnson and Arleta Little of Hope in the Struggle (UMN Press). Her essays have been published in anthologies including A Good Time For the Truth and Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota. Her 2022 TEDx talk\, The Life you Live is the Legacy You will Leave\, was presented at Concordia College in Moorhead\, MN. Her awards include the Minnesota Book Awards Kay Sexton Award\, 2010; Hamline University Exemplary Teacher\, 2014; 50 over 50\, 2017; Celebrate the Sistahs\, 2020; and Flowers Now!\, 2024. She is the 2025 McKnight Distinguished Artist. \nArleta Little is a poet\, writer\, and culture worker who has made good trouble for nearly 30 years in nonprofit organizations and philanthropy in Minnesota. Arleta’s latest book of poetry\, Black Swallowtail\, pairs her poetry with paintings by visual artist Ta-coumba T. Aiken. Her poems and essays have appeared in multiple journals and publications including We Are Meant to Rise:\nVoices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (UMN Press)\, Blues Vision: African American Writing From Minnesota (MNHS Press)\, Water-Stone Review\, Calyx\, and more. She is a co- author along with Josie Johnson and Carolyn Holbrook of Hope in the Struggle: A Memoir (UMN Press). Arleta was the first Executive Director of the Givens Foundation for African American Literature and co-founder of the influential Givens Black Writers Retreat program. She currently serves as the Executive & Artistic Director for the Loft in Minneapolis\, serving literary creatives\, culture bearers\, and changemakers.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/embracing-our-roots-rooted-and-rising-a-conversation-with-carolyn-holbrook-and-arleta-little/
LOCATION:Elmer L. Andersen Library\, 222 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:Embracing Our Roots
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SUMMARY:Writer to writer with Payal Doshi and Nicole D. Collier
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis is an online event please Register Here
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