F130. CANCELLED: A Tribute to Monica A. Hand: Poet, Playwright, Mentor, Activist

Status: Not Accepted

Room 213, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level
Friday, March 6, 2020
9:00 am to 10:15 am

 

Monica A. Hand (1953–2016) was a brilliant poet, playwright, book artist, Cave Canem Fellow, mentor, and activist. Her poetry books, me and Nina, winner of the 2010 Kinereth Gensler Award, and The DiVida Poems, reveal a profound, major voice for the experiences of African Americans, women, artists, peace, and social justice. Panelists will talk about her, read her poems, and show images of one of our most beloved poets whose loss is felt all over the world.


Participants

Moderator:

Aliki Barnstone is a poet, translator, critic, editor, and artist. Some of her recent books of poems are DwellingBright BodyDear God, Dear Dr. Heartbreak, and a translation of Cavafy. Among her awards are a Fulbright Fellowship in Greece and residencies at VCCA. She is poet laureate of Missouri.

Carey Salerno is the executive editor of Alice James Books. She is the editor, along with Anne Marie Macari, of the anthology Lit from Inside: 40 Years of Poetry from Alice James Books. Her first book is Shelter. You may find her poems in print and online.

Cornelius Eady is the author of eight poetry collections including Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, winner of the 1985 Lamont Prize, and Brutal Imagination. He holds the Miller Chair at the University of Missouri and is cofounder of Cave Canem.

Lauren K. Alleyne is an award-winning poet. She is the author of Difficult Fruit and Honeyfish and has published her work widely. She is assistant director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center and associate professor of English at James Madison University.

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