Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair and Arts Festival August 24, 2012

Award-winning authors, poets and artists will again come to Dallas for the tenth annual Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair and Arts Festival. The free festival began in 2003 to promote literacy and highlight businesses and arts in south Dallas. 

The festival kicks off at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 with the Heart and Soul Tour of South Dallas historical sites and landmarks. Saturday, Aug. 25, book readings, storytelling, writing workshops, children’s programs, spoken word poetry, panel discussions and performances will be held at the African-American Museum in Fair Park, 3635 Grand Ave.

The South Dallas Cultural Center will also host programs and workshops for teens and young adults. More than 30 local and regional authors will be participating, and books and merchandise will also be for sale. The event concludes on Sunday, Aug. 26 with the Sunday Gospel Brunch at the Joy Tabernacle A.M.E. Church, 3203 Holmes St.
This year’s Tulisoma authors include:
Shella Gillus: By age 10 she wrote her first chapter book, a three-act play and performed in several theatrical shows. As a teenager, she wrote and performed in plays for her local church and organized a series of summer self-esteem workshops for underprivileged youth in south Tucson. Here fiction debut, The Loom is described as a “colorful tale of love linked to a lie and the discovery that life is not always black or white.” Shella has made two appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney: Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at the University of Texas Arlington, he is the author of Black Police in America and editor of Charleston’s Avery Center: From Education and Civil Rights to Preserving the African-American Experience and co-editor of Essays on the American Civil Rights Movement. He is now completing a social and political history of African Americans in Dallas for Texas A & M University Press.
Dorothy Newton: Author of Silent Tears, an autobiography about her struggle with domestic violence at the hands of her Super Bowl Champion celebrity husband. Raised near New Orleans in a blended family as one of six children, Newton was surrounded by abuse and living in poverty. Newton’s gripping story takes readers on a personal journey through betrayal, abuse, survival, recovery and finally victory.
Carleen Brice: Author of the novel Orange Mint and Honey, later a Lifetime Movie called Sins of the Mother and winner of a 2011 NAACP Image Award. She is also the author of Lead Me Home: an African American’s Guide through the Grief Journey; and Walk Tall: Affirmations for People of Color. In 2008, she won the Breakout Author of the Year Award from the African American Literary Awards Show and in 2009 received the First Novel Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

For a list of tour sites and festival details visit www.tulisoma.org or call 214-670-7809

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