Happy Juneteenth!
Join us for a virtual reading with Yusef Komunyakaa, live streamed using Zoom. You don’t need to create a Zoom account in order to “attend,” but you do need access to a computer, smart phone or other telephone.
You can tune in from your computer or smart phone by clicking this link: https://stockton.zoom.us/j/91093827000. You can view in your browser on your computer or will need to download an app to your phone.
You can also call in to listen from a landline or cell phone. Dial 929-436-2866 and enter meeting ID: 910 9382 7000
If you can’t join us live, we’ll post a recording of the reading to our YouTube channel within the next week.
This is a free event, but “registration” via FacebooK RSVP is encouraged.
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Yusef Komunyakaa’s books of poetry include Neon Vernacular (for which he received the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry), Taboo, Warhorses, The Emperor of Water Clocks and many others. His plays, performance art and libretti have been performed nationally and include Wakonda’s Dream, Saturnalia, Testimony and Gilgamesh: a verse play. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Louisiana Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. He currently teaches at New York University. Listen to him read his poem “Facing It” or read more of his work. (If you have Netflix, look for Yusef in The OA, season 1, episode 2.)
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We’ve developed free programs to help our community keep writing and stay connected because we believe writing matters, even in difficult times. If you’d like to support these online offerings, we’ve set up a pass-the-hat link. Any contribution at all will help us keep these online programs going and develop even more for you to enjoy.
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PAST READINGS
Visit our Youtube channel to see past readings.
