Conferences & Residencies

Aminah Robinson Writer/Scholar/Researcher Residency The Aminah Robinson Writer/Scholar/Researcher Residency, sponsored by the Columbus Museum, offers a threemonth residency from May through July to a poet, fiction writer, or nonfiction writer at the Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson home studio in the Shepard neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The resident is provided with a $15,000 stipend; a private room, studio, and bathroom; and access to Robinson’s art, archive, and library. Robinson’s bungalow-style home also features a living room, a sunroom, and a dining room. African American poets, fiction writers, or nonfiction writers (including creative nonfiction writers) who are “interested in topics like those central to the work of MacArthur fellow Robinson, such as the documentation of African American culture and history or the centrality of African American women to sustaining community,” are eligible.…