A Great Day in Poetry

February 1, 2024

6:30 pm

8:30 pm

Planet Word

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Join Planet Word and MahoganyBooks as they host A Great Day in Poetry, commemorating Langston Hughes’s birthday as well as the publication of This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets, edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander. Anticipate a captivating evening of poetry followed by a Q&A session. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase!

Poet and Artist Abdul Ali will host our featured poets: Kimberly Collins, Kyle Dargan, Brian Gilmore, Reuben Jackson, Alan King, Chet’la Sebree, Clint Smith, and Truth Thomas. Click here for more information and to RSVP.

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