Black Renaissance Noire, produced by New York University’s Institute of African-American Affairs, celebrates its 10th anniversary on Fri., Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. at its new address, 41 East 11th Street, 7th Floor.
Attendees will include Quincy Troupe, editor of Black Renaissance Noire; John Edgar Wideman, author and two-time winner of the Pen Faulkner Award; author and poet Patricia Spears Jones; Queens College (CUNY) Professor Jeffrey Renard Allen; and author Meena Alexander, author and winner of the 2002 PEN Open Book Award for Illiterate Heart.
Reporters interested in attending the event must RSVP to James Devitt, Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Institute of African-American Affairs was founded in 1969 to research, document, and celebrate the cultural and intellectual production of Africa and its Diaspora in the Atlantic world and beyond.