Wednesday, March 31, 2021 5:00 PM EST

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This roundtable, hosted by UNC’s Department of English & Comparative Literature, and co-sponsored by the Departments of American Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies, will feature a robust engagement with the legacy of Randall Kenan’s work and Black southern literary traditions. Join us for a lively conversation with UNC faculty and distinguished colleagues across the country.

GerShun Avilez Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park

Gabrielle Calvocoressi Poet, Editor, and Associate Professor of English & Comparative Literature at UNC Chapel Hill

Jameela Dallis Writer, scholar, and Ph.D. in English from UNC Chapel Hill

Tyree Daye Poet from Youngsville, North Carolina, and a Teaching Assistant Professor at UNC Chapel Hill

Joanne Gabbin Scholar, author, and professor of English at James Madison University

DaMaris Hill Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Kentucky

Sharon P. Holland Townsend Ludington Distinguished Professor, Chair of American Studies at UNC Chapel Hill

Meta DuEwa Jones Author and Associate Professor of English & Comparative Literature at UNC Chapel Hill

Jarvis C. McInnis The Cordelia & William Laverack Family Assistant Professor of English at Duke University

Sara Camp Milam Managing editor of the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) at the University of Mississippi

Crystal Wilkinson USA Artist Fellow, Associate Professor of English in the MFA in Creative Writing Program at University of Kentucky

Daniel Wallace J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English at UNC Chapel Hill, director of the Creative Writing Program

The Randall Kenan Memorial Fund

In honor of Randall Kenan’s extraordinary legacy as an author and his passion for bringing fellow writers to Carolina, we have now created the Randall Kenan Memorial Fund, to carry his name forward as it enhances the mission of the Writer-in-Residence program, continuing visits of distinguished writers to our campus, for years to come.

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