January 22, 2017, Sunday - More than a Single Story: Ambiguous Loss at The Loft

Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Location: The Loft Literary Center, 1011 Washington Avenue S

More than a Single Story: Ambiguous Loss

The Loft Literary Center Proudly Presents More than a Single Story: Ambiguous Loss, Moderated by Carolyn Holbrook

Carolyn Holbrook is a 2015 recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grant and was the 2010 recipient of the MN Book Awards Kay Sexton Award.  Her personal essays have been published widely, most recently in Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota (MHS Press).  Her book, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Journeys: How the St. Paul Companies Leadership Initiatives in Neighborhoods Program Changed Lives and Communities was published in 2013 & 2015.  She founded SASE: The Write Place in 1993 and served as its Executive/Artistic Director until 2006, when she spearheaded its merger with Intermedia Arts.  In 2005, she designed the Givens Foundation for African American Literature’s writers-in-the-schools program. She is the founder of the writing group, Twin Cities Black Women Writing  She teaches at Hamline University and Minneapolis Community & Technical College.