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I used to be lucky to be one of many facilitators of a deep, wealthy dialog concerning the intersections of poetry, prose and place as my Write Out colleague, Willeena Booker, and I guided a recorded dialog with the group on the Birmingham Civil Rights Nationwide Monument.
The park has solid fascinating partnerships with regional poets, together with the Alabama State Poet Laureate, to discover, interrogate and have fun Birmingham’s historical past and the park has additionally simply launched a captivating studying information to The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963, a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.
That dialog is being aired tonight for the primary time, via the Nationwide Writing Mission’s YouTube channel, and we hope to interact in a YouTube chat because the session airs for Write Out.
Please be part of us!
Intersections Of Poetry, Prose, and Place: A Go to with Birmingham Civil Rights Nationwide Monument
October 10, 2023, 7p ET/4p PT
Write Out welcomes a poet-Ranger group of the Birmingham Civil Rights Nationwide Monument together with Alabama State Poet Laureate Ashley Jones, Magic Metropolis Competition Earth Poet Nabila Lovelace, and Park Ranger Kat Gardiner. They’ll share their work with youth and different group members exploring the intersections of poetry, prose and place.
Peace (and Parks),
Kevin
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