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Dr. Tanisha C. Ford Presents: 

Sensual Prose: Creating Voice and Texture in Nonfiction Writing  

Good nonfiction writing requires considerable research. That research can weigh down the prose and flow of the narrative. In this installment of ‘Writing in Black,’ Dr. Tanisha C. Ford will share her personal journey from academic writing to creative writing. She calls her approach “sensual prose,” or writing that engages all five senses to create historical characters and worlds that invite readers in. Dr. Ford’s talk will explain how emerging and established authors can write sensually without compromising intellectual rigor. In fact, she argues, sensual writing can enhance the research. 

Dr. Tanisha C. Ford is an acclaimed writer, historian and professor of History at The Graduate Center, CUNY who writes at the intersection of politics and culture.  She is the author of Liberated Threads:  Black Women, Style and The Global Politics of Soul, Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion and most recently, Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement.

Co-sponsored with the Chabraja Center