Literary Tour Comes to UTSA
Kalia Malone
Issue date: 10/30/06 Section: Features
Organizer of the Literary Tour, Toschia Moffett expresses herself through fiction as well as non-fiction. "I was disappointed by the African American authors I read." Moffett wanted to find a median between the non-typical, well-off characters and the stereotyped downtrodden and 'ghetto' representations she came across. Author of "You Wrong for That", she plays off the real and assumed life drama that people face daily. Moffett's non-fiction, however, deals with issues closer to home. "Colored Folks don't Vote, They just have Babies", to be released in about a year is a political commentary on Black America and deals with stereotypes within the black community. A more current work is "From Zora to Diddy; An Academic Comparison and Contrast of the Harlem Renaissance and the Hip-Hop Renaissance" which takes a look at the black artistic movements then and now.
UTSA Professor, Fredrick Williams, author of "Beyond Redemption," allowed the guest lecturers do most of the talking but let the student audience know that he takes his chosen art form very seriously. Williams said that black authors have a responsibility to defy the typecasting given to their communities and that unfortunately they don't have the luxury of pure artistic freedom. He also shared a view that everyone else on the panel agreed with when he said, "If you're writing to get rich, don't write." Williams is a professor of African American Studies and active member of the San Antonio community.
For more information on these authors and their work, visit www.thedivineliterarytour.com
UTSA Professor, Fredrick Williams, author of "Beyond Redemption," allowed the guest lecturers do most of the talking but let the student audience know that he takes his chosen art form very seriously. Williams said that black authors have a responsibility to defy the typecasting given to their communities and that unfortunately they don't have the luxury of pure artistic freedom. He also shared a view that everyone else on the panel agreed with when he said, "If you're writing to get rich, don't write." Williams is a professor of African American Studies and active member of the San Antonio community.
For more information on these authors and their work, visit www.thedivineliterarytour.com
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