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Philander Smith College and the Arkansas Literary Festival Host Tavis Smiley as Bless the Mic's 2012 finale Speaker
To close out the 2012 Bless the Mic speaker series, Dr. Walter Kimbrough, president of Philander Smith College, in conjunction with the Arkansas Literary Festival have scheduled television and radio commentator, author, and social activist, Tavis Smiley to speak on campus, Thursday, April 19.
AUTHORS AND EVENTS ANNOUNCED!
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The 2012 Arkansas Literary Festival to be held on the Central Arkansas Library System's Main campus and in multiple downtown Little Rock venues. The ninth annual festival is guaranteed to be a stimulating mix of authors, panels, special events, performances, workshops and more.
The detailed schedule will be posted in Mid March, so check back with us then, and mark your calendars for April 12-15, 2012.
You won't want to miss it.
Q & A Series
Get to know some of the folks who work so hard each year to make the Literary Festival a special event by reading our new "Q&A" series. Recent interviewees include Gina Kokes, Chair of the Literary Festival; Jay Jennings, Chair of the Talent Committee; and Eric Paxton, Chair of the Logistics Committee.
To read the interviews, click here »
