With an unforgettable voice that’s both unfettered and exquisitely controlled, Tennessee-bred singer/songwriter Amythyst Kiah is redefining the limits of roots music. Growing up a Black and LGBTQ+ woman in the Bible Belt, she experienced social anxiety, grief, alienation – and ultimately, the hard-won triumph of total self-acceptance. Kiah’s debut for Rounder Records, the standout track “Black Myself,” was originally recorded with Our Native Daughters. It earned a 2020 GRAMMY Award nomination for Best American Roots Song and won Song of the Year at the 2019 Folk Alliance International Awards. Kiah’s new version of “Black Myself ” — radically reimagined with the help of producer Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Amos Lee, Andrew Bird) — represents a stunning expansion of her sound into the world of iconoclastic alternative rock. Opening performance: an archival video from Mississippi’s sacred soul trio The Como Mamas.
Bryan Washington is a National Book Award 5 Under 35 honoree, and winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. His first book, the story collection Lot, was a finalist for the NBCC's John Leonard Prize, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, the Aspen Words L...
Chairman Jones—An Improbable Leader tells the story of James Henry Jones, a self-educated farmer, who becomes an independent landowner and emerges as a trailblazer during the 1969 school desegregation crisis in Northampton County, NC. He disregards racism and lack of education to lead the fight ...
A collection of 6 student films from the Fall 2020 "Just Us" short film series presented by Authoring Action.
1. "ERIC" by Eric Wiley
2. "TYTI" by Tytianna Coleman
3. "JOEL" by Joel Hayes
4. "AVILENE" by Avilene Arellano
5. "LYNN" by Shylynne Robinson
6. "ALYSSA" by Alyssa Reece
