Calvin Center For Faith And Writing

A popular blogger and widely traveled speaker on racial justice and reconciliation, Austin Channing Brown will be doing a reading based on her upcoming book about the burdens her black body carries by virtue of living and working in spaces characterized by whiteness. Her reading will be followed by a conversation about the authors—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ntozake Shange, and Audre Lorde, among others—whose work has been the lifeblood for her own writing. AUSTIN CHANNING BROWN is a speaker and writer advocating for justice and racial reconciliation. A graduate of North Park University and Marygrove College with a master's degree in social justice, Austin currently serves as a resident director and multicultural liaison at Calvin College. Connect with Austin on Twitter @AustinChanning and on her website at http://austinchanning.com/. This series is presented in partnership with: African & African Diaspora Studies at Calvin College Ambrose @ WMCAT The Asian Studies Program at Calvin College Brazos Press The Calvin