AALCI 2016

Our activities for the 7th cohort of the African American Literatures and Cultures Institute began on Sunday, June 3, with our opening reception. We'll conclude with a closing reception at the end of the month. The following entries chart our progress, activities, and thinking.

Entries
• AALCI in NYC
• Visiting the Strand Book Store 
• Visiting the African Burial Ground 
• Touring Harlem & the Schomburg with Doris G. Lango-Leak
• 2016 Poster Session 
• Meeting with Dean Agbenyiga
• Harriet Kelley: A treasured art collector 
• Response to Tyehimba Jess 
• Responses to Kevin Young
• Response to Robert H. Frank's "Why Luck Matters..."
• Response to Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl"
• Response to Reginald Harris's "The Lost Boys: A Requiem"
• Responses to Common's Freestyle 
• A courtside seat with Joycelyn Moody  
• Photos of Fellows visiting John Peace Library at UTSA
• Agnes Czeblakow, Special Collections, and foreshadowing 
• Fellows Visit John Peace Library 
• Who should write more? Part 2
• Who should write more? Part 1
• Response to Nikki Giovanni's "Ego Tripping"
• Responses to Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Amiri Baraka 
• Response to Lucille Clifton's "slaveship"
• Responses to Margaret Walker, Maya Angelou & Lucille Clifton
• Responses to Amiri Baraka's "Dope"
• Responses to Malcolm X’s “Message to the Grassroots”
• 2016 Readings
• Joycelyn Moody and the 2016 AALCI Fellows
• Institute course packets