Frank B. Wilderson III on a Panel on Literary Activism (2010)

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Patrick Oliver, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Dorothea Smartt, and Frank Wilderson discussed the use of literature to promote political causes and instigate change and transformation. Louis Reyes Rivera moderated. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience.
“The Black Writer as Literary Activist” was part of the Tenth National Black Writers Conference sponsored by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College at the City University of New York. It was held on the Medgar Evers College Campus in Brooklyn, New York.
Frank B Wilderson III (born April 11, 1956) is an American writer, dramatist, filmmaker and critic. He is a full professor of Drama and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine. He received his BA in government and philosophy from Dartmouth College, his Masters in Fine Arts from Columbia University and his PhD in Rhetoric and Film Studies from the University of California, Berkeley
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[@jrmrtn]

thank you for posting this

[@omalone1169]

Not as entertaining as Kamau Kambon or as provocative as his penetrating "IMixWhatILike"
Weren't aware of Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin or that he was moved by Toni Cade Bambara. Just need his ideas to take off alongside Tommy Curry .
Glad he speaks to our struggle for acceptance even when we write for radical change .

[@Sounds.of.St.Elsewhere]

@@omalone1169 I Mix What I Like is written by Jared Ball, not Frank Wilderson (although Jared Ball has hosted Wilderson on his show a few times).