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Cave Canem at the Brooklyn Book Festival

September 18, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Hear from Cave Canem poets at the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival, Sunday, September 18 in downtown Brooklyn. All events are free. Ticketing not required.

New Works: A Poetry Reading

Main Stage, Columbus Park, 12 pm

Poets Camille Rankine (Incorrect Merciful Impulses), Ocean Vuong (Night Sky with Exit Wounds), Monica Youn (Blackacre), and Rickey Laurentiis (Boy With Thorn) will read from their recently published volumes of poetry. Introduced by Ricardo Maldonado of 92^nd Street Y.
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Poets Laureate Past and Present Reading

Brooklyn Historical Society Library, 128 Pierrepont St., 1 pm

Tina Chang (Brooklyn Poet Laureate), Paolo Javier (former Queens Poet Laureate) and Yusef Komunyakaa (New York State Poet Laureate) read from their work. Introduced by Alice Quinn of the Poetry Society of America.
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Risky Business

North Stage, Cadman Plaza East, 2 pm

Poets Beth Bachmann (Do Not Rise), Reginald Dwayne Betts (Bastards of the Reagan Era), Cynthia Cruz (How the End Begins), and Patrick Rosal (Brooklyn Antediluvian) discuss what’s at stake in their work, and what it means to give the personal a public life on the page. Moderated by Mary Gannon of the Academy of American Poets.
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Truth to Form

St. Francis College Auditorium, 180 Remsen St., 4 pm

Poets Tyehimba Jess (Olio), Martha Collins (Admit One: An American Scrapbook), and Solmaz Sharif (Look) share insight into the creative process behind poetic works that rely on research, reportage, and repurposed text, and explore what’s possible when poetry comes into conversation with real life. Moderated by Hafizah Geter of Cave Canem Foundation.

Details

Date:: September 18, 2016
Time:: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Event Category:: Reading

Venue

: Brooklyn Borough Hall and surrounding venues
: 209 Joralemon St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201 United States + Google Map

“By the time I leave a CC Retreat, I can feel that the internal imperative to Write! has shifted from an obsessive, isolating quality to one of deep communal rites and responsibilities – what healthier transition exists for an artist?

Geffrey Davis

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Geffrey Davis

“By the time I leave a CC Retreat, I can feel that the internal imperative to Write! has shifted from an obsessive, isolating quality to one of deep communal rites and responsibilities – what healthier transition exists for an artist?

https://cavecanempoets.org/testimonials/geffrey-davis/

“There is nothing like being seen by the eyes of those who, without explanation, understand why you do what you do when you do it. There is nothing like not having to decode or apologize for the sweet pleasure of a word or phrase that will not let loose of your ear.”

Nikky Finney, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South

2015-11-26T15:29:19-05:00

Nikky Finney, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South

“There is nothing like being seen by the eyes of those who, without explanation, understand why you do what you do when you do it. There is nothing like not having to decode or apologize for the sweet pleasure of a word or phrase that will not let loose of your ear.”

https://cavecanempoets.org/testimonials/nikky-finney-the-ringing-ear-black-poets-lean-south/

“While I can't even begin to measure Cave Canem's value to me personally (community, friendship, rigor), we all can see the radical movement it’s occasioned in American poetry. To be plain: it's changed—and is changing—the face(s) of our literary landscape. How often in our lives will we be able to participate in something as important and beautiful? It's a joy to support this."

Ross Gay, Fellow

2015-11-26T15:44:48-05:00

Ross Gay, Fellow

“While I can't even begin to measure Cave Canem's value to me personally (community, friendship, rigor), we all can see the radical movement it’s occasioned in American poetry. To be plain: it's changed—and is changing—the face(s) of our literary landscape. How often in our lives will we be able to participate in something as important and beautiful? It's a joy to support this."

https://cavecanempoets.org/testimonials/285/

“Cave Canem is a kind of heaven, yes. It’s not just that we are speaking to each other there as black people; it’s that we’ve lived the lives of black poets. We’ve faced the fears, the hurts, and we’re still poets. To undertake and stay with this task, usually so unrewarded, creates a kind of strength and compassion that is enormous.”

Toi Derricotte

2015-11-26T15:31:58-05:00

Toi Derricotte

“Cave Canem is a kind of heaven, yes. It’s not just that we are speaking to each other there as black people; it’s that we’ve lived the lives of black poets. We’ve faced the fears, the hurts, and we’re still poets. To undertake and stay with this task, usually so unrewarded, creates a kind of strength and compassion that is enormous.”

https://cavecanempoets.org/testimonials/toi-derricotte/

“Back in 2000 when I was first accepted at Cave Canem, I was working part-time at a bookstore making less than $7 an hour. The scholarship I received was the only reason I was able to attend, and it changed my writing life by introducing me to mentors like Toi Derricotte and Nikky Finney and eventually connecting me to the editor who published my first book. Please consider changing another poet's life by supporting Cave Canem financially.”

Traci Dant, Fellow

2015-11-26T15:44:16-05:00

Traci Dant, Fellow

“Back in 2000 when I was first accepted at Cave Canem, I was working part-time at a bookstore making less than $7 an hour. The scholarship I received was the only reason I was able to attend, and it changed my writing life by introducing me to mentors like Toi Derricotte and Nikky Finney and eventually connecting me to the editor who published my first book. Please consider changing another poet's life by supporting Cave Canem financially.”

https://cavecanempoets.org/testimonials/284/