Join us for the Annual African-American Poetry Read-in and an author talk with Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford.
Poetry Read-in: Wednesday, February 26 at 6 pm in the CRC (Conway Hall 226).
Transforming History into Art & Poetry Talk: Thursday, February 27 at 5 pm in the GSU Wicomico Room.
Writer Carole Boston Weatherford and her son illustrator Jeffery Boston Weatherford transformed archival documents that told the deeply moving story of their family’s enslavement and freedom into searing poems and stunning art in their most recent publication KIN: Rooted in Hope. As part of this special residency in celebration of Black History Month, the Weatherfords are featured readers at the Annual African American Poetry Read-in and present a talk on the historical research process behind the art and poetry of KIN, which utilized historical documents from the region in its formation.
Register for the Poetry Read-in and find further resource recommendations at libraryguides.salisbury.edu/aapoetryreadin.