Omari Weeks
Assistant Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY, working on Black literature and theory; contributor who spoke about difficulty in reading Black literature and discussed Hortense Spillers and Gwendolyn Brooks.
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Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium (Vandal Live at Emory)
Omari Weeks, scholar of Black literature noted for probing difficulty in reading Black texts. Julie Orlemanski, literary theorist focused on language and hermeneutics. Joshua Coton, critic and teacher reflecting on learning from exemplary readings. Becky Carver, modernist-poetry specialist exploring freedom. They debate difficulty, language, freedom, and model close readings in a lively symposium conversation.
