Part of The First Function of Poetry: A Social Justice Series.

With events organized and hosted by Stacy Szymaszek. 

LInk to attend HERE (scroll down)

Thurs. Feb. 18 | 7 pm CT | $Give What You Can

D.S. Marriott was born in Nottingham and educated at the University of Sussex. He is the author of several books, including Duppies (Commune Editions, 2019), Whither Fanon? Studies in the Blackness of Being (Stanford University Press, 2018), Hoodoo Voodoo (Shearsman, 2008) and the chapbooks In Neuter (Equipage, 2012). Bluetown is forthcoming from Omnidawn.

Jasmine Gibson is a Philly jawn living in Harlem. She spends her time thinking about sexy things like psychosis, desire, and freedom. She is the author of Only Shallow (Montez Press, 2020) and Don't Let Them See Me Like This (Nightboat Books, 2018).

Ted Rees is the author of Thanks giving: a Poem (Golias Books, 2020) and In Brazen Fontanelle Aflame (Timeless, Infinite Light, 2018). He facilitates online writing workshops through his Overflowing Poetry Workshops programming, and has recently delivered talks and lectures at the Kelly Writers House and Simon Fraser University. He co-edits Asterion Projects with Levi Bentley and is editor-at-large for The Elephants.