Double Lives/Double Trouble
The 'double-life'—writer and citizen. How does someone reconcile the daily harangues of the workaday world with the inward search from which all art derives? The late Mark Strand has written, "I stand on one leg while the other one dreams." Perhaps that is one way, but there must be many ways to live as writer-teachers, arts activists, multi-genre creators and other light carriers filling the vast possibilities. This year's festival explores the double-trouble that accompanies the 'double-life' most artists live in an effort to sustain themselves and their practice.
~ Remica Bingham-Risher and Tim Seibles, 2018 Festival Directors
Brochures
Brochure: 41st Annual Literary Festival, 2018: Double Lives/Double Trouble, Shara Weber
Featured Participants
Kaveh Akbar, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Kaveh Akbar
Emily Rapp Black, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Emily Rapp Black
Christian Campbell, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Christian Campbell
Laurie Cannady, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Laurie Cannady
Franny Choi, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Franny Choi
Aracelis Girmay, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Aracelis Girmay
Cecelia Hagen, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Cecelia Hagen
Sharon Patricia Holland, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Sharon Patricia Holland
Luisa Igloria, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Luisa Igloria
Imbolo Mbue, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Imbolo Mbue
John Murillo, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, John Murillo
Jon Sands, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Jon Sands
Nicole Sealey, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Nicole Sealey
Brian Turner, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Brian Turner
Quintan Ana Wikswo, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Quintan Ana Wikswo
Tom Williams, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, Tom Williams
L. Lamar Wilson, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival, L. Lamar Wilson
Panel: Black Gods of the Metropolis -- The Drawings of J. Alan Cumbey, L. Lamar Wilson, Franny Choi, and Sharon Patricia Holland