Callaloo, a journal of African diaspora arts and letters, held its 2014 conference at Emory University from October 15–18. This event brought together creative and critical voices from in and outside the US to present and discuss artistic expressions ranging from poetry, the visual arts, fiction, and music to archiving and cultural preservation. Southern Spaces video-recorded this remarkable conference and, in collaboration with Callaloo, presents a series of highlights, beginning with the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Reading. Southern Spaces thanks Callaloo founder and editor Charles Henry Rowell, managing editor Jackson Brown, and Emory provost Claire Sterk for their support of this conference and series.

Authorship in Africana Studies
Joan Anim-Addo & Arturo Lindsay & Robert F. Reid-Pharr & Martha Southgate

Opening Remarks: 2014 Callaloo Conference
Natasha Trethewey & Charles Henry Rowell

Africana Archives: Making Art at the Schomburg
Howard Dodson

2014 Phillis Wheatley Poetry Reading
Kevin Young & Jericho Brown