Author and Film Professor Jamal Joseph At Writers Speak

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Author and Columbia film professor Jamal Joseph will be the next guest in the spring Writers Speak Wednesdays series of free author talks and readings at Stony Brook Southampton. Mr. Joseph will read from and talk about his work on February 22, at 7 p.m. in Chancellors Hall on the Stony Brook Southampton Campus.

Mr. Joseph is the author of “Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention”—which he is adapting into a screenplay—based on his time spent in the Black Panther Party as a young man. He has also written an interactive biography of Tupac Shakur, “Tupac Shakur Legacy,” published in 2006 by Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster.

A Columbia University School of the Arts graduate film program professor, Mr. Joseph has written, directed and produced various film and television projects. He is the founder and artistic director of IMPACT, a Harlem-based youth theater company, and executive director of New Heritage Films, a non-profit that supports minority filmmakers.

Other writers and programs scheduled for the spring series include: Omar Bah in conversation with Harriet Levin Millan on March 1, a Faculty Reading on March 8 featuring Kaylie Jones, Susan Scarf Merrell, Star Black, Terese Svoboda, Julie Sheehan and Lou Ann Walker, Tim Murphy on March 22, Stacey Waite in conversation with Charif Shanahan on March 29, Judith Miller on April 12 and Julie Shigekuni on April 19. On May 3, the evening will be devoted to readings by degree candidates currently enrolled in the MFA in Creative Writing and Literature program.

Writers Speak Wednesdays programs are free and open to the public. The evenings begin with a brief reception at 6:30 p.m., readings at 7 p.m. and are followed by a Q&A and book signing. All programs are held in the Radio Lounge on the second floor of Chancellors Hall at Stony Brook Southampton, located at 39 Tuckahoe Road in Southampton. For more information, call (631) 632-5030 or visit stonybrook.edu/mfa.