2013 KWBF

KWBF Program: May 18, 2013

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9:00 AM    Doors Open

9:30 AM Coffee and Conversation

10:00-10:45 AM Opening Speaker

Judith Owens-Lalude - “Slavery, Hemp and Kentucky History”

10:45-11:00 AM Book Signing

11:00-11:45 AM Concurrent Sessions

  • Kristen Gentry - “Writer Bares All: A Short Story Stripped”
  • Nora Rose Moosnick - “Arab and Jewish Women in Kentucky”
  • Judi Jennings - “Living Social Justice in Appalachia and Why It Matters”

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Book Signing

12:00-1:15 PM Lunch & Keynote Speaker

Bianca Spriggs - “Channeling the Ancestors: Writing Down the Past Through Poetry”

1:15-1:30 PM Book Signing

1:30-2:15 PM Concurrent Sessions

  • Sarah Garland - “Race, Community Empowerment and School Reform: What Louisville's Desegregation Experience Can Teach Reformers Today”
  • Erin Keane, Amy Tudor & Sheri L. Wright - Poets Reading Poetry


2:15-2:30 PM Book Signing

2:30-3:30 PM Poetry Slam