March Meeting Reminder
This month’s meeting takes place:
Wednesday
March 12, 2008
7 p.m.
Borders Books
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, KS
Speaker: Dr. Carmaletta Williams
Our March speaker, Dr. Carmaletta Williams, Professor of English, Johnson County Community College, will speak on the subject of genealogy, that is, sleuthing your family history, with special emphasis on the difficulties of tracing the family history of African Americans.
Dr. Carmaletta Williams is a professor with Johnson County Community College, having served there for the past two decades. She teaches Writing, Literature & Media Communications. Dr. Williams has written a plethora of books and academic articles, as well as done several videographic profiles and interviews, mostly on African and African-American topics. Since 1993, she has made more than 300 presentations before academic, professional, and community groups and organizations. Many of the community experiences have been presented under the auspices of the Kansas Humanities Council including Talk About Literature in Kansas (TALK) program; a first-person characterization of noted Black writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston in the KHC History Alive! Program, and versions of “Free Did Not Mean Welcome: African American Migration to Kansas” in KHC’s Speaker’s Bureau. Dr. Williams was recently chosen as the Executive Assistant for Diversity Initiative to the President of Johnson County Community College.
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Don’t be put off by the description of Airball: My Life in Briefs as a middle-grade novel. I bought a copy as a gift for a couple of middle-graders I know, but before I gave it to them, (both girls, at that) I read it myself.
It’s hilarious. I’m no sports fan, but this isn’t really about sports. You’ll sympathize with the lead character, who doesn’t really believe he can play basketball, only to be proven wrong by a coach, whom you’ll have to read about to believe. Buy Airball for as a gift for any middle-grade youngster you know, but read it yourself before you let go of it.
Thanks for the kind words about my book, Peg! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Lisa