Master’s Tea with Barbara Smith

Event time: 
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 4:00pm
Location: 
Pierson College Master's House See map
231 Park Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

Barbara Smith (born December 16, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American lesbian feminist who has played a significant role in building and sustaining Black Feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s she has been active as a critic, teacher, lecturer, author, scholar, and publisher of Black feminist thought. She has also taught at numerous colleges and universities over the last twenty five years. Smith’s essays, reviews, articles, short stories and literary criticism have appeared in a range of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, The Black Scholar, Ms., Gay Community News, The Guardian, The Village Voice, Conditions (magazine) and The Nation.