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Virtual Poetry Reading: Antonio Lopez, Chukwuma Ndulue, Ewuare Osayande, with Elijah Pringle
September 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm
Zoom Meeting ID: 836 1745 1559, Passcode: 749356, Phone: +1 646-876-9923
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83617451559?pwd=TGliZFF4dXZzamZOaGJreHVQbzBJdz09
Antonio López received a double B.A. in Global Cultural Studies and African & African-American studies from Duke University, scholarships to attend the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, Tin House, the Vermont Studio Center, and Bread Loaf. He is a proud member of the Macondo Writers Workshop and a CantoMundo Fellow. His nonfiction has been featured or is forthcoming in PEN/America, Jacket2, and Insider Higher Education, and his poetry in The New Republic, Tin House, and elsewhere. He received his Masters in Fine Arts (poetry) at Rutgers-Newark and a Masters in Philosophy in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Modern Thought and Literature at Stanford University. His debut collection, Gentefication, was selected by Gregory Pardlo as the winner of the 2019 Levis Prize in Poetry to be published through Four Way Books.
Chukwuma Ndulue is the author of the chapbook Boys Quarter (Ugly Duckling Presse). His work has appeared in BOAAT, Muse/A Journal, Tinderbox, PANK, Brooklyn Poets and other publications. He has been the recipient of fellowships from Columbia University and Kenyon College.
Ewuare X. Osayande is a poet and publisher. He is the founder of FreedomSeed Press, established in 2002. The author of several books including Whose America?: New and Selected Poems, his latest book is entitled Black Phoenix Uprising published by Africa World Press. Poet icon Amiri Baraka has said that “Ewuare Osayande is one of the United States’ most important poets of this generation.” Learn more about his work at Osayande.org.
Elijah Pringle, Host
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