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“The future lives in our bodies”: Poetry & Disability Justice

March 13, 2022, 6:00 PM8:00 PM EDT

Free

“The future lives in our bodies”: Poetry & Disability Justicea virtual reading and discussion, will feature Meg DayCyrée Jarelle JohnsonLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Travis Chi Wing Lau, who will also host and moderate.

Lambda Literary and Woodland Pattern Book Center are partnering to host this pre-recorded poetry reading and conversation as part of the Poetry Coalition’s shared programming around a theme of social importance. The readings will be followed by a discussion among presenting artists on the topic of Poetry & Disability Justice. The broadcast will feature ASL interpretation and captioning, as well as a PDF pamphlet of each reader’s poems for attendees to view. A commemorative chapbook with poems from each participant will be designed and printed by pitymilk press, and made available free by mail to all who tune in live on March 13th.

The title “The future lives in our bodies” is taken from the poem “Femme Futures” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Details

Date:
March 13, 2022
Time:
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-future-lives-in-our/register