Two renowned scholars bell hooks , of the City College of New York and the City University Graduate Center, and Manthia Diawara , of New York University will read from their most recent works at Atlanta s Morehouse College. Prof. hooks one of the leading black feminist thinkers and writers is the Distinguished Professor of English at the City College of New York and the City University of New York Graduate Center. Prof. Diawara a noted filmmaker and scholar and the director of NYU s Africana Studies Program and its Institute for Afro-American Affairs is a professor of comparative literature and film at New York University. Both books reflect on the authors personal stories their writings from the heart through the prism of their scholarly interests.
Media coverage is invited.
The event is free and open to the public.