At noon on Wednesday, October 15, the Franklin Humanities Institute will present The House that Toni Built at Random: Contemporary African American Literature in the Shadow of the Black Arts Movement, a talk by Dana Williams, Associate Professor of English at Howard University. Prof. Williams is a Mellon Historically Black Colleges and Universities Fellow at the Franklin Humanities Institute. Wednesdays at the Center (WATC) is a topical weekly noontime series in which distinguished scholars, artists, journalists, and others speak informally about their work in conversation with those who attend. Presented by Duke University’s John Hope Franklin Center and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, all events in the series are free and open to the public. A light lunch is served. No reservations are necessary, and vouchers to cover parking costs in the Duke Medical Center parking decks are provided. WATC is held most Wednesdays during the academic year, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, in Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center. To view a listing of all Wednesdays at the Program this Fall, click here.