NEO•GRIOT

April

April 1, 7 pm
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Girl: An Evening of Poetry

JoAnne McFarland celebrates her latest poetry collection, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Girl, and her art exhibit of the same title, opening at A.I.R. Gallery in DUMBO, Brooklyn on March 31. She is joined by Cave Canem poets E.J. Antonio, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Robin Coste Lewis, Kamilah Aisha Moon and Aracelis Girmay. Co-sponsored with the Brooklyn History Society and A.I.R. Gallery.

Brooklyn Historical Society
Othmer Library
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY

April 4, 11:30 am - 2 pm
Cave Canem at Norfolk State University

Norfolk State University celebrates National Poetry Month with an afternoon of poetry readings & workshops featuring Cave Canem fellows Tara Betts, Remica L. Bingham, Randall Horton & Cave Canem faculty member Tim Seibles. For details and RSVP information, click here.

Norfolk State University
New Student Center
Norfolk, VA

April 10, 7 pm
Cave Canem Poets in Austin

Cave Canem fellows Roger Reeves, Jonathan Moody and Amanda Johnston read from their work. Co-sponsored by The John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies. Wheelchair accessible. Free & open to the public.

The University of Texas at Austin
The John L. Warfield Center for African and African-American Studies
Austin, TX

April 13, 6:30 pm
Poets on Craft: Tina Chang & Ross Gay

Join poets Tina Chang and Ross Gay as they read from their work and engage in a lively discussion of poetic craft, moderated by Camille Rankine. Reception and book signing to follow. Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.

The New School
Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street, 5th Floor (enter at 66 West 12th)
New York, NY

April 22, 5 pm
Friday Happy Hour: Cave Canem Fellows Read

Cave Canem fellows Shane Book, Kamau Rucker & Demetrice Anntia Worley share work from their new books of poetry. Shane Book's debut collection, Ceiling of Sticks, won the 2009 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. David Rigsbee calls the poems of Kamau Rucker's first collection, The Heat, The Day, and This Moment "wonderfully liberating." Nikki Giovanni describes Demetrice Anntia Worley's first book, Tongues in My Mouth, as full of "stark and beautiful truths." Reception to follow. Free & open to the public.

New York University
Lillian Vernon House
58 West 10th Street
New York, NY

April 29, 7 pm
Resistance is Fertile: A Conversation with Harryette Mullen & Barbara Henning

In celebration of the release of Looking Up Harryette Mullen: Interviews on Sleeping with the Dictionary and Other Works, Harryette Mullen speaks about her playful and deeply political poetry with fellow poet Barbara Henning. Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members. Co-sponsored with Belladonna & Poets House. Wheelchair accessible.

Poets House
10 River Terrace
New York, NY

April 30, 3 pm
Resistance is Fertile: Harryette Mullen with Niki Herd & Camille Rankine

Harryette Mullen continues the celebration of the release of Looking Up Harryette Mullen in a reading with emerging voices Niki Herd & Camille Rankine. The 2009 recipient of the Academy of American Poets Fellowship, Haryette Mullen's acclaimed collection, Sleeping with the Dictionary, was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award in poetry. Cave Canem fellow Niki Herd's debut collection of poetry, The Language of Shedding Skin, was published by Main Street Rag in January 2011. Camille Rankine's chapbook Slow Dance with Trip Wire was selected by Cornelius Eady for Poetry Society of America's 2010 Chapbook Fellowship. Co-sponsored with Belladonna & Poets House. Suggested donation $5-10. Wheelchair accessible.

Cave Canem
20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A
Brooklyn, NY