Open to Public / Digital Initiative
Poetry for the Pandemic
Free Event
Please RSVP through the link provided. The event Zoom link will be distributed via email, and available to registered attendees starting 2 days prior to the event.
Thu, Nov 12.2020
Virtual Event

Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and Theater of War Productions.
Featuring:
Dr. Joshua Bennett, Facilitator
Mahogany L. Browne
Juan Felipe Herrera, US Poet Laureate 2015–2017
Molly McCully Brown
Patricia Smith
and special guests: Tracie Thoms and Bill Murray
The Class of 2020 National Student Poets: Maddie Dietz, Manasi Garg, Isabella Ramirez, Ethan Wang, and Anthony John Wiles, Jr. and alumni of the National Student Poets Program.
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