October 23, 2008 | McKinley Auditorium, Avery research Center | 7:00pm
Joan Morgan is an award-winning journalist and author and a provocative cultural critic. A self-confessed hip-hop junkie, she began her professional writing career freelancing for The Village Voice before having her work published by Vibe, Madison, Interview, MS, More, Spin, and numerous others. Formerly the executive editor of Essence, she is the author of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost, a fresh, witty, and irreverent collection that marks the literary debut of one of the most original, perceptive, and engaging young social commentators in America today. Her work appears in numerous college texts, as well as books on feminism, music, and African-American culture. The campus bookstore has copies of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost available, and a book signing will following the talk.
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Conseula Francis, PhD Associate Professor Director, The African American Studies Program Coordinator, Graduate Concentration in African American Literature Department of English College of Charleston
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