Agymah Kamau, 24th Annual ODU Literary Festival
Document Type
Featured Participant
Festival Date
10-2-2001
Location
Webb University Center
Author/Artist Bio
Agymah Kamau, originally from Barbados, Agymah moved to New York in 1977, where he worked as a senior economist for the state government until he moved to Virginia to study writing. He earned his MFA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1992. His stories and essays have appeared in Callaloo, Caribbean Vibes, InSyte Magazine, and others. Kamau is the recipient of a number of distinctions, including a Virginia Commission for the Arts fellowship, a James Michener Fellowship, and a DeWitt Wallace/Readers Digest Fellowship for the MacDowell Colony. He has published two novels, Flickering Shadows and Pictures of a Dying Man, and is at work on a third.
Description
Kamau read on Tuesday, October 1, 2001 at 2:00 p.m.
Recommended Citation
Kamau, Agymah, "Agymah Kamau, 24th Annual ODU Literary Festival" (2001). 24th Annual Literary Festival at ODU: October 1-5, 2001. 4.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/litfest-2001/4