In addition to her work as a teaching artist and mentor for young poets, she has taught at Rutgers University and University of Illinois-Chicago, and at Stateville Prison via the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project.

She is the Director of Quality Enhancement Plan Initiatives at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, where she resides with her husband and children.Ībout the Interlocutor: Dr. Tara Betts is the author of Refuse to Disappear, Break the Habit, and Arc & Hue. Her memoir, Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books and Questions That Grew Me Up, will be published by Beacon Press. She is the author of Conversion (Lotus, 2006) winner of the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award, What We Ask of Flesh (Etruscan, 2013) shortlisted for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and Starlight & Error (Diode, 2017) winner of the Diode Editions Book Award and finalist for the Library of Virginia Book Award. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Writer’s Chronicle, Callaloo and Essence.

If you’ve ever felt alone on your journey into the writing world, the words of these poets are for you.Ībout the author: Remica Bingham-Risher, a native of Phoenix, Arizona, is a Cave Canem fellow and Affrilachian Poet. Examining cultural traditions, myths, and music from the Four Tops to Beyoncé, Bingham-Risher reflects on the enduring gifts of art and community. Each essay also delves into how her own life and work are influenced by these elders. Each essay is thematically inspired, centered on one of her interviews, and uses quotes drawn from her talks to showcase their philosophies. Presented in partnership with Semicolon BookstoreĪbout the book: Acclaimed Cave Canem poet and essayist Remica Bingham-Risher interweaves personal essays and interviews she conducted over a decade with 10 distinguished Black poets, such as Lucille Clifton, Sonia Sanchez, and Patricia Smith, to explore the impact of identity, joy, love, and history on the artistic process. She will be joined in conversation by Dr. Sherwin Bitsui Linda Rodriguez George Wallace Bojan Louis Margo Jefferson Anna Lawton Lauren Camp Diane Wilbon Parks Rachel Corbett Patrick Washington Mike Maggio Holly Bass Terry Blackhawk Frank X Walker Shauna Morgan Tracy K Smith Matthew Hittinger Platos Symposium Fleda Brown Eli Gottlieb Reuben Jackson Kevin Gordon Emily Fragos Sandra Evans Falconerįairleigh Dickinson University Harteis' Appreciation of Cavalieri's 'Other Voices, Other Lives.' Jim Reese Mark McMorris E.Remica Bingham-Risher will discuss Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions that Grew Me Up. Poets Commemorate China's Nanking Massacre

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