We are celebrating the great literary org A Gathering of the Tribes and their latest Black Lives Matter Issue by having them guest curate our 10-min features for the month of February.
We are thrilled to welcome Kevin Powell as the February 8 feature.
7:30 - 7:40 pm EST
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.
Kevin Powell is a poet, journalist, human and civil rights activist, filmmaker, and the author of 15 books, including his new poetry collection, GROCERY SHOPPING WITH MY MOTHER (Soft Skull Press). His 16th book will be The Kevin Powell Reader, his collected writings, interviews, and speeches covering 30 years, and his 17th book will be a biography of Tupac Shakur. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Kevin is a long-time resident of Brooklyn, New York.
Tribes #16, The Black Lives Matter Issue, with Guest Editor Ishmael Reed, Art Editor Danny Simmons, and Assistant Editor Margaret Porter Troupe, is now available for purchase.
Tribes #16, The Black Lives Matter Issue, is a full color, 8’x 10’ print journal, featuring visual art, poetry and prose, from emerging and established revolutionary artists of our time, celebrating the Black Lives Matter movement and speaking to the issues that propelled its formation and growth.
Tribes #16 includes art and writing by nearly 40 vital artists, including: Anthony Barboza, Gina Beavers, Lamont Steptoe, Tony Medina, Kevin Powell, Tracy K. Smith, Walter Mosley, Nile Livingston, Nashira Priester, Quincy Troupe, Aisha T. Bell, Yusef Komunyakaa, Rosy Keyser, Kalam Mikael, Jerome China, John Simms and others.