This just in (and it sounds dreamy) . . . Tribute to Countee Cullen

Saturday, June 29, 3:00pm
Woodlawn Cemetery
Webster Ave & East 233rd St, Bronx, NY

Yet Do I Marvel:
A Tribute to Countee Cullen
with Major Jackson, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Robin Coste Lewis and Alicia Hall Moran

As part of the 2013 PSA National Series, Yet Do I Marvel:Black Iconic Poets of the 20th Century, and on the occasion of the publication by Library of America of Countee Cullen: Collected Poems, the Poetry Society of America has teamed with the Woodlawn Conservancy to pay tribute to this iconic poet. Steps away from Cullen's own burial site, Collected editor Major Jackson and poets Rowan Ricardo Phillips and Robin Coste Lewis will read poems in tribute to Cullen; With musical performances by the stunning mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran joined by guitarist Brandon Ross.

Co-sponsored by the Woodlawn Conservancy.

Free and open to the public.

--- sdh

Posted by The Best American Poetry on June 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM in Announcements | Permalink

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