Sunday, December 10, 2006

Intersection of Poetry & Art @ Studio Museum (12.08.06 Harlem, NY)

In conjunction with the Studio Museum's African Comics exhibit, Cave Canem Faculty member Yusef Komunyakaa, and fellows Taiyon Coleman, Phebus Etienne, and Dante Micheaux read from their poetic responses to the work in the show. This event was part of what has become a successful annual collaboration between Cave Canem and the Studio Museum in Harlem.




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Gathering Ground Reading @ Enoch Pratt Free Library (12.03.06 Baltimore, MD)

National Book Award recipient Lucille Clifton (Blessing the Boats), 2003 Cave Canem Poetry Prize winner Kyle Dargan (The Listening), and Baltimore-Washington area Cave Canem poets Derrick Brown, Carleasa Coates, Teri Cross, Hayes Davis, Deidre Gantt, Reginald Harris, Brandon D. Johnson, Carolyn Joyner, Jadi Keambiroiro, Kamilah Aisha Moon, and Venus Thrash celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Cave Canem and the publication of the anthology, Gathering Ground (University of Michigan Press).

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