A night of political poetry with Reuben Jackson, Tina Escaja with her translator Kristin Dykstra, Sarah Browning, Simone John, and Burlington's Muslim Girls Making Change. Poets will read or perform poetry about the current political climate, racism, and injustices in our society: poems that speak to resistance! With an introduction by Vermont Poet Laureate Chard DeNiord.
It is our hope that a collection of diverse and underrepresented voices will inspire hope, change, and action in this current political climate, as well as remind us of the importance of free speech and voices of dissent in a truly free democracy.
Sponsored by and a benefit for the ACLU Foundation of Vermont. Co-sponsored by Goddard College. A Vermont Arts 2017 event, a program of the Vermont Arts Council.
Tickets $5 - now available in the store at 77 Main Street, Montpelier, or online at this link: http://www.bearpondbooks.com/poets-resist-ticket
The poetry reading will take place on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 7:00 pm at the Unitarian Church in Montpelier, and features:
Reuben Jackson, VPR Jazz host and Vermont poet;
Tina Escaja, Professor of Spanish and director, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, UVM, and destructivist/a cyber-poet;
Sarah Browning, Co-founder and executive director of Split This Rock in Washington, D.C. and co-editor of D.C. Poets Against the War: An Anthology;
Simone John, Boston poet and author of Testify, a book about the trial of Trayvon Martin’s murder;
Muslim Girls Making Change, four youth from Burlington who perform politically minded spoken word and poetry slams;
Chard DeNiord, Vermont Poet Laureate, who will make an introduction.
Tickets are selling fast! Stop by Bear Pond Books or go online http://www.bearpondbooks.com/poets-resist-ticket.
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