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Contemporary Rebel Woman Reading

2024-04-14

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07:00 PM

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Shirley Campbell Barr, Suzanne Barr, and Yashika Graham will share their poetry and prose.

 

Shirley Campbell Barr will read selections from her five poetry collections. She has written De Negro Vengo Ataviada, the seminal Rotundamente Negra y Otras Poemas, and Palabras Indelebles de Poetas Negras. Suzanne Barr is the author of My Ackee Tree: A Chef’s Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen. Yashika Graham is a Jamaican writer, visual artist, and author of the forthcoming poetry collection Some of Us Can Go Back Home.

Presented as part of the AfroMundo Festival.

Photo: Shirley Campbell Barr

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Contemporary Rebel Woman Reading
Date
Apr 14 2024
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Time
7:00 pm

Contemporary Rebel Woman Reading

Shirley Campbell Barr, Suzanne Barr, and Yashika Graham will share their poetry and prose.

 

Shirley Campbell Barr will read selections from her five poetry collections. She has written De Negro Vengo Ataviada, the seminal Rotundamente Negra y Otras Poemas, and Palabras Indelebles de Poetas Negras. Suzanne Barr is the author of My Ackee Tree: A Chef’s Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen. Yashika Graham is a Jamaican writer, visual artist, and author of the forthcoming poetry collection Some of Us Can Go Back Home.

Presented as part of the AfroMundo Festival.

Photo: Shirley Campbell Barr

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