F209. Writing Race: Poets on the Complexity and Contradictions of Race in America
Friday, April 1, 2016
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm
Participants
Richard Michelson’s poetry collections include More Money than God, Battles & Lullabies, and Tap Dancing for Relatives. He is the host of Northampton Poetry Radio, and the just completed his second term as poet laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts.
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a visual artist and poet. She is the author of four poetry collections and the recipient of numerous fellowships. Griffiths teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn.
Timothy Liu is the author of ten books of poems, including Don't Go Back to Sleep and Let It Ride, as well as a hybrid novel, Kingdom Come. He is a professor of English at William Paterrson University.