The Black Psychedelic Memoir: Writing Workshop with Nicholas Powers

In this 90-minute workshop, Dr. Nicholas Powers introduces the role of autobiography in the Black Freedom Movement from Frederick Douglass to Assata Shakur to Obama. Next, we review Dr. William E. Cross's "Negro-to-Black Conversion Experience" to provide a Set, Setting and Container. At that point we move on to introducing the genre of the Black Psychedelic Memoir. Following a smoke or edible break, the workshop shifts gears into meditation and writing. The last part will be a sharing of the writing.

Nicholas Powers, PhD, is an Associate Professor of English at SUNY Old Westbury. Powers has presented talks and reports from the Psychedelic Renaissance since 2017. He has written for numerous psychedelic publications from Lucid News to Double Blind. Alongside published articles, he has given talks at Naropa University and Chacruna. Powers has published three books with Upset Press. The first is a book of poetry, the second a mix of reportage from disaster zones, protests, and Burning Man. The third is a political vampire novel. He regularly attends Wild Seeds Writers Retreat and Cave Canem Black poetry workshops. Powers currently lives in Brooklyn with his son.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

222 E 46th St, 222 East 46th Street, New York, United States