Tuesday Talks Visiting Writers Series: Dr. Kai Harris
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Tue, Oct 11 2022, 6PM - 7PM
Studio | 195 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107 View map
Part of event series: Tuesday Talks Visiting Writers Reading Series
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MFA Writing
Event description
Join MFA Writing's Tuesday Seminar for an evening with Dr. Kai Harris
Dr. Kai Harris is a writer and educator from Detroit, Michigan,
whose critically acclaimed debut novel, What the Fireflies
Knew, is a Marie Claire Book Club pick, Book of the Month
add-on, and has been named a Most Anticipated Book of
2022 by Marie Claire, Buzzfeed, Essence, Bookriot, Bookbub
and more. Kai’s writing, which centers on the Black experience,
has inspired lectures at venues including the LA Times
Festival of Books, Mellon Emerging Scholars Conference, and
the National Black Writers Conference. In addition to fiction,
Kai has published poetry, personal essays, and peer-reviewed
academic articles on topics related to Black girlhood/womanhood,
the slave narrative genre, and Black identity.
Originally from Detroit, Kai is currently an Assistant Professor
of Creative Writing at Santa Clara University. Follow Kai on
social media @authorkaiharris for a healthy dose of #blackgirlmagic.
Read more at kaiharriswrites.com.
For more information, please email professor Anita Amirrezvani at aamirrezvani@cca.edu. Please register at this link.
Entry details
Join us for intimate readings from contemporary writers. Two events will take place via zoom. For more information please contact Ronika McClain at ronika@cca.edu or Anita Amirrezvani at aamirrezvani@cca.edu