We are thrilled to welcome back John Sinclair to our Wednesday series of ten-minute live Zoom readings.

7:30 - 7:40 pm EST

Hosted by David Lawton

The reading will be streamed live to our facebook page and you may also register to watch directly on Zoom. Registration for Zoom viewing is available through Eventbrite. Please register before 7:15 pm on the day of the event.

JOHN SINCLAIR is a poet, writer, and activist. While an underground journalist and community organizer in Detroit in the mid-60s, Sinclair became the manager of the avant-rock band MC-5 and organized the White Panther Party with the band and its allies. Infuriated by Sinclair’s activism, the government sent him to prison on a ten year sentence without appeal bond for giving two joints to an undercover policewoman. The John Sinclair Freedom Rally held in Ann Arbor in December 1971, and the song John Lennon wrote and performed for it led to Sinclair’s release three days later. Sinclair moved to New Orleans in 1991 where he was a popular radio DJ and began to tour the country with his jazz and blues poetry accompanied by musical collaborators of many stripes. Sinclair continues to spin records on his internet station RadioFreeAmsterdam.com and advocates for the legalization of cannabis and all recreational drugs. Among his books are Guitar Army and Fattening Frogs for Snakes: Delta Sound Suite. He has released more than twenty CDs of his music and verse collaborations, including Detroit Life.