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“We are ourselves, our new selves, and some selves becoming.”—Arisa White

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Dear Poetry Junkies,

Following up on a chance meeting with Patricia Smith at the AWP in Kansas City, I’m honored to announce that Arisa White (Arisa was on a panel with Patricia) will be joining us for a reading and Q & A, April 13th at 11am (PST) via Zoom:
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Arisa White is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Colby College. She is the author of Who’s Your Daddy, co-editor of Home Is Where You Queer Your Heart, and co-author of Biddy Mason Speaks Up, the second book in the Fighting for Justice Series for young readers. Her poetry is widely published, and her collections have been nominated for an NAACP Image Award, Lambda Literary Award, and have won the Per Diem Poetry Prize, Maine Literary Award, Nautilus Book Award, an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Golden Crown Literary Award. As the creator of the Beautiful Things Project, Arisa curates poetic collaborations that are rooted in Black queer women’s ways of knowing. She is a Cave Canem fellow and serves on the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance Community Advisory Board. Currently in development with composer Jessica Jones, Arisa is working on Post Pardon: The Opera. arisawhite.com

Feel free to invite anyone in your circle who might find it interesting!!!

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