3 Kings will share their work and thoughts about placing us front in center in their writing and work. Moderated by Malcolm Shabazz Hoover.
About the 3 Kings:
Ayize Jama-Everett was born in 1974 and raised in Harlem New York, Since then he has traveled extensively in Northern Africa, New Hampshire, and Northern California. He holds a Master’s in Clinical psychology and a Master’s in Divinity. He can be found teaching in the area of Religion and psychology at Starr King school for the ministry when he’s not working as a school therapist at the College Preparatory school. When not educating, studying, or beating himself up for not writing enough, he’s usually enjoying aged rums and practicing his aim.
Scot Miller is a Bay Area writer, visual artist , teacher, curator. He sits on the board of directors of nocturnes review, and is a regular contributor to The East Bay Express, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Popmatters, and Mosaic Magazine. 2011 San Francisco Arts Commission recipient for the AfroSurreal San Francisco Project, Miller is author of The AfroSurreal Manifesto and is completing a book of AfroSurreal poems, and his Afro-surreal novel, Knot Frum Hear.
Shawn Taylor is a storyteller who sometimes helps others to tell their stories. He is the author of Big Black Penis: Misadventures in Race and Masculinity, and a book about A Tribe Called Quest’s first album for the 33 1/3 series. He has also been published in numerous anthologies. On the literature front, Shawn is writing a YA speculative fiction series. Shawn is the writer and performer of the highly acclaimed solo-play Slower Than a Speeding Bullet which was the AOL pick of the week during its two-week run. He has directed a play (Da Cipher) for The Living Word Project, and is currently working on a stage performance that combines folk-magic and technology. A bit of random trivia: Shawn was the 1999 Oakland Poetry Slam Champion—but he goes nowhere near slams now.
vegan and non vegan baked goods and breakfast fare will be served
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