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 When I was leaving in Brooklyn (which seems like a lifetime ago), I had to pleasure to attend the first Ft. Greene Literary Festival. Got to get autographs from Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez and even showed Baraka the original BackList t-shirt. He raved about it!

Although I won't be able to attend the fourth annual festival, I can assure you that it will be a good time.

Check it out:

2008 Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival
Saturday, August 23rd, 3:00 PM
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn

Featuring Poet Laureates, Past and Present: Amiri Baraka, Quincy Troupe, Louis Reyes Rivera, and Hal Sirowitz reading alongside young people from our free workshops in Fort Greene Park! 

Extra Special Guest Performers: Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble!!!

Drawing upon the rich and diverse literary history of Fort Greene Park and its surrounding neighborhoods, The Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival provides a means for self-expression and creativity for area young people, and builds community through arts and literature.  The Lit Fest consists of a six-week series of free Saturday creative writing workshops for young people and an end-of-summer reading featuring literary icons reading alongside our young writers.  The Lit Fest honors the power of the written word to build inclusiveness and give voice to the thoughts and experiences of everyone, not just the privileged and powerful.  Past readers include literary icons Sonia Sanchez, Sapphire, Gloria Naylor, and Jhumpa Lahiri.

More info: http://www.nywriterscoalition.org/litfest.htm