Join an evening of readings and conversation with New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones.
Jones is a poet, playwright, educator, and cultural activist.
Winner of the 2017 Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers, her most recent book The Beloved Community was released in 2023.
Jones’s archives are housed in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division at the Schomburg Center in Harlem.
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The evening will explore the evolution of her writing, the necessity of personal archives to shape one’s legacy, and the use of archives to develop new material.
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This is an official 2024 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event.
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Thursday, September 26 · 6:30 – 8:30 pm EDT
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,, 515 Malcolm X Blvd New York, NY 10030,
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