This event is co-sponsored with the Academy of American Poets, Cave Canem Foundation, Our Miss Brooks 100: A Centennial Celebration, Poetry Society of America, Poets House, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library (NYPL). It will feature readings by Elizabeth Alexander, Tyehimba Jess, Yusef Komunyakaa, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Marilyn Nelson, Atsuro Riley, Sapphire, Solmaz Sharif, and Patricia Smith.
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