Pursue Your
and Live for the Dash!
I believe in living for the dash,
in pursuing a purpose-driven life.
My life’s work and passion over the last five decades as an educator, scholar, literary activist, author, and radio host have been devoted to education and institution building. I have pursued these goals in my roles as professor of English, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature, Director of the National Black Writers Conference, host of Writers on Writing on WNYE, 91.5 F.M, and a columnist for Our Time Press.
Upcoming Event
Juneteenth: Resistance & Resilience in Black Women’s Literature with Dr. Brenda M. Greene
DATE & TIME
Jun 11, 2:00pm – 3:30pmLOCATION
This presentation and workshop will chronicle Black women writers who contributed to a literature of freedom through their poems, short stories, novels, and prose. These writers include Harriet Jacobs, Ida B Wells, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Margaret Walker, Mari Evans, Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Dolen Perkins Valdez, and Nikole Hannah-Jones among others. The workshop section of the presentation will provide attendees with an opportunity to work in groups and identify women who have impacted their lives by engaging in acts of resistance.
Zoom Meeting Link
https://queenslib.org/3QeP8ku
Publications
and influence on the Cultures of the Americas
Brenda M. Greene, Editor,
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010
An interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars and writers whose disciplines include but are not limited to literature, languages, linguistics, history, sociology and psychology, reflects the complexity and diversity of the historical and cultural legacy of the African diasporic reality and provides a critical perspective for examining the persistence of African cultural traditions in the Americas.
Articles & Essays
- Saving Our Sons: Reflections of My Journey
- In “We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men”
- Dr. Brenda M. Greene on Ntozake Shange
- A Poem in Celebration of Dr. Al Vann
- Co-Street Naming Ceremony: Macdonough Street and Stuyvesant Avenue
MEDITATIONS
Quiet reflections, thoughtful recommendations, and small rituals for a more deliberate reading life.
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Championing Black Literature and Cultivating Generational Readers and Writers.
I am committed to expanding, broadening, and enriching the public’s knowledge and aesthetic appreciation of the value of the literature produced by Black writers and to nurturing and cultivating the critical reading and writing habits of a cross-generation of readers and writers.