Upcoming Center Events
November 14, 2018 (All day) to November 15, 2018 (All day)
Reading and Conversation with Tracy K. Smith
Q&A with Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Tracy K. Smith Read more »January 24, 2019 - 7:00pm
An Evening with Terrance Hayes and Rickey Laurentiis
Reading and Q&A with Rickey Laurentiis and Terrance Hayes. Read more »
June 16, 2018 - 6:30pm
Because Blackness Like Poetry Means Many Things: Celebrating Cave Canem
“Blackness like poetry means many things,” Terrance Hayes said at the National Book Awards in 2016, when Cave Canem won the NBA’s Literarian Award. Founded in 1996 by poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady to “remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in the literary landscape,” Cave Canem has grown to become one of the most influential poetry organizations in the world. Join us for performances by four of Cave Canem's 400+ fellows—Samiya Bashir, Eisa Davis, Ruth Ellen Kocher, and avery r. young. Co-sponsored by the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater. Read more »May 18, 2018 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
