The Black Matter Is Life: In a Sentimental Mood - Poetry Event
Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Presents:
The Black Matter is Life: In a Sentimental Mood
Poetry Event (1 of 3)
Thursday, November 18
Doors 6:30pm / Event 7pm
Location: 3S Artspace*
Seated
$10 admission
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The Black Matter is Life: In a Sentimental Mood
Guest Poet: Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Poems:
- "Turn Me to My Yellow Leaves" by William Stanley Braithwaite
- “Spring in New Hampshire” by Claude McKay
- “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden
- “Mood Indigo” by Ntozake Shange
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About The Black Matter is Life: Poetry for Engagement and Overcoming
Poetry Reading & Discussions
Join us in an exploration of the vast diversity within African American poetic tradition.
UNH professor Reginald Wilburn and Phillips Exeter Academy professor Courtney Marshall will facilitate three conversations (November 18, December 16, and January 20).
Each discussion deconstructs four poems grouped by themes. Conversations will center these poems within the context of the African American literary tradition, their cultural heritage, the traditions they encompassed, and the relevance this tradition has to us today. The series will also explore the question, “Why does African American Poetry matter?”
Poetry is a powerful art form, one that offers profound insights into what it means to be human. Through the creative, succinct, and melodious use of language, poets render into words their joys, their challenges, their vulnerabilities, and their discoveries, thus providing shape and meaning to the human connection and shared emotional experience.
This program is designed to build bridges across the racial divide by introducing the audience to the writings of a number of African American poets whose work has shone a light on a rich cultural heritage that has often gone unexplored. We ask the audience to consider how African American poetry provides tools for healing our nation’s deep racial wounds.
More info: blackheritagetrailnh.org/poetry-events/
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As part of our mission to provide a place for community to gather, 3S Artspace is proud to partner with Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire for this series.