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Hush Now: Poems to Read Aloud

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Event Date and Time
2017-02-16T18:00:00 - 2017-02-16T19:30:00
Location
Hoag Library, 134 S Main St, Albion, NY 14411, USA
Hush Now: Poems to Read Aloud Poetry Workshop and Reading by Annette Daniels Taylor Thursday, February 16, Hoag Library, 134 S. Main St., Albion NY Suitable for ages 12 and older; teens accompanied by an adult. For more info contact ghallock@goart.org or 585-343-9313, or www.goart.org Presented by GO ART!’s Genesee-Orleans Culture Connects Series Poet and playwright Annette Daniels Taylor is an award-winning poet, playwright and activist. Her workshop (6:00-6:30) will focus on creating blackout poems, using biographies of former enslaved African Americans. The following poetry readings will be drawn from her book, “Hush Now, Poems to Read Aloud,” a collection of the lyrical verse and prose narrated by maids, slaves, sharecroppers, and field workers living in America.

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