Visiting Kimbilio Fellows to Read at Write On

Evening of Fiction Writing from the African Diaspora

Juddville, Wis. (October 10, 2023) – Write On, Door County presents a reading and conversation with writers Tara Betts, Angie Chatman, and Camille Forbes on Tuesday, October 17, 6:30. The reading will be held at Write On’s center, 4210 Juddville Road, Fish Creek, and is free and open to the public.

The three writers are fellows with Kimbilio, a national organization for fiction writers from the African diaspora. Kimbilio means “safe haven” in Swahili. The organization’s works including networking, book prizes, and presentations at professional conferences. The writers were selected by Kimbilio’s board for a one-week residency to focus on their art at Write On’s residency house.

A poet as well as a fiction writer, Tara Betts was the inaugural Poet for the People at University of Chicago’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture. In addition to writing new fiction, she is working on poems for her second collection with Peggy Choy Dance Company and co-editing an anthology of Bop Poems with Affa M. Weaver.

Angie Chatman’s stories and essays can be found in Brevity, The Rumpus, Hippocampus, and elsewhere. She has told on The Moth Radio Hour and won a WEBBY award for telling on GBH/World Channel’s Stories from the Stage. Born and raised on Chicago’s southside, she now lives in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.

Camille Forbes holds an MA in History and a PhD in American Civilization from Harvard University. She is the author of Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America’s First Black Star, a critical biography reassessing the illustrious career of the misunderstood 19th-century Afro-Caribbean blackface comedian. Her current novel is set during the Civil War. She is an associate professor in the literature department at the University of California, San Diego.

Write On, Door County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Write On conducts programs to inspire people to write and share their stories at various venues throughout Door County.