Community as he posed at the first conference in 1986 . What then is that question for us . Are we still beholden to that responsibility to writing to black communities . Professor hill, i know you are on the fly. So i am going to allow you to hit that first before going on to the rest of our colleagues. I appreciate that. Im in the airport trying to get back. A little emergency. When i dip off, thats why. I think the answer is yes. We still have a responsibility to black people, to black readers, to black audiences. You know, i dont think we are the exact same responsibility or at least not the exact same role but i think as black writers, we dont have the luxury to just write about whatever. It doesnt mean we shouldnt create space for joy and for experimentation and for creativity and selfindulgence. We can do that. I write some stuff that dont got nothing to do with none of yall. But in terms of the overall project, i feel like when i write im thinking how will this improve the cond
The black writer to the black community as he posed at the first conference in 1986 . What then is that question for us . Are we still beholden to that responsibility to writing to black communities . Professor hill, i know you are on the fly. So i am going to allow you to hit that first before going on to the rest of our colleagues. I appreciate that. Im in the airport trying to get back. A little emergency. When i dip off, thats why. I think the answer is yes. We still have a responsibility to black people, to black readers, to black audiences. You know, i dont think we are the exact same responsibility or at least not the exact same role but i think as black writers, we dont have the luxury to just write about whatever. It doesnt mean we shouldnt create space for joy and for experimentation and for creativity and selfindulgence. We can do that. I write some stuff that dont got nothing to do with none of yall. But in terms of the overall project, i feel like when i write im thinking
Up next on booktv a panel on impact and influence of the black Arts Movement from the 2014 harlem book festival. [inaudible conversations] scheme welcome back to the harlem book fair. My name is Marc Anthony Neil professor of africanamerican studies at Duke University and the moderator for the next panel. The panel is a new urban aesthetics of black Arts Movement in which we will have a conversation to talk about the connections between the black Arts Movement and what we see now as new forms of urban aesthetics. I am joined to my right my colleague who is doing double duty today. Professor terry from princeton university. To her right we have Melissa Castille garceau who is the author of pure bronx a book that she wrote with historian mark mason. To her right we have mr. June archer who wrote the book yes, everything can be a good thing. Next to him we have mr. Tramp daly, the adventures of the untouchables illustrator and at the far end we have mr. Anthony whyte who published the boo