Embracing Our Roots

Black Table Arts 3737 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN

A Partnership with More Than a Single Story, Black Table Arts, and In Black Ink Second Friday of the month from Sept. 21-Feb. 22 unless otherwise stated. 6:00-7:30 p.m. The program will be hybrid – you can join in person at Black Table Arts or if you prefer, you can participate virtually on Zoom or...

The Suitcases We Carry: An Afternoon With Haitian Women Writers

Virtual Event

In this More Than a Single Story conversation, we will engage with Haitian authors Beaudelaine Pierre, Gabrielle Civil, Valerie Deus, Marie Cerat and Jaira Placide on the themes in Pierre’s new book “You May Have the Suitcase Now,” a collection of essays that explores home and exile, and all that we carry with us in...

EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: Alanna Morris-Van Tassel in conversation with Arleta Little & Ellena Schoop

Virtual Event

After the uprisings for George Floyd and Daunte Wright, sharing knowledge inter-generationally is more important than ever. Join us for monthly conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s Black literary history. On Wednesday, Oct. 20, Alanna Morris-Van Tassel will join Arleta Little and...

Exploring Home and Exile: Writing Cento Poems

Virtual Event

In the Cento form, lines from different sources stand next to each other to create new narratives. This exercise encourages participants to focus closely on their favorite lines from various poems and helps them understand how the individual parts relate to the whole. In this workshop, we will work with multiple poems to create our...

Exploring Home, Exile and What We Carry: Writing Memoirs

Virtual Event

How can writing help you reclaim life, forge new languages and build a brighter future after experiencing exile or separation from one’s home? How can self-awareness expand our writing and self in increasingly stressful sociopolitical contexts? In this workshop, we will answer these questions and examine the ordinary events of our lives – our location,...

Book Release: We Are Meant to Rise

November 23, 2021 is the official release date for More Than a Single Story's long-awaited anthology, We Are Meant to Rise. Edited by Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura, the collection features works written by More Than a Single Story panelists and participants. Reserve your copy at a local bookstore and plan to pick it up...

Book Launch Event: We Are Meant to Rise

Next Chapter Booksellers 38 Snelling Ave S., St. Paul, MN, United States

Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura, editors, will be at Next Chapter Booksellers on Monday, November 29 at 6:00 p.m. for the launch of We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World. They will be joined for this hybrid event by contributors Kao Kalia Yang, Said Shaiye, Douglas Kearney, and Melissa Olson. To...

Embracing Our Roots: Adebisi Wilson in conversation with Alexs D. Pate

Virtual Event

After the uprisings for George Floyd and Daunte Wright, sharing knowledge inter-generationally is more important than ever. Join us for monthly conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders and culture bearers in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s Black literary history. On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, attorney Adebisi Wilson will...

In the Eye of the Beholder: An Intergenerational Conversation

Sun Ray Library 2105 Wilson Ave, St. Paul, MN, MN, United States

Join us for an In the Eye of the Beholder event at Sun Ray Library in St. Paul, on December 12, 2021. This event features Carolyn Holbrook, Najah Davis, Saymoukda Vongsay, Buranh Johnson, Nubia Esparza, and Isa Sanchez-Esparza. Register for this event at: https://forms.gle/4rYbFpY41T3ucJxB7 

Exploring Beauty with Cento Poems

Zoom

In the Cento form, lines from different sources stand next to each other to create new narratives. Because this exercise forces participants to focus closely on their favorite lines from various poems, it helps them understand how the individual parts relate to the whole. In this workshop, we will work with multiple poems to create...