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The Magic City Poetry Festival: An Evening With Taylor Byas

Monday, April 18, 2022 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] Activism is the Rent I Pay: A Conversation with Angela Jackson-Brown and Arnee Odoms

Friday, August 20, 2021 | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CT
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[VIRTUAL] 2021 Magic City Poetry Festival

Saturday, April 3, 2021 – Tuesday, April 27, 2021 | 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm CT
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[VIRTUAL] Magic City Conversations: Rachel Eliza Griffiths and Khalisa Rae

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT
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[VIRTUAL] Write to Heal Workshop with Salaam Green

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CT
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[VIRTUAL] All Around Alabama Inaugural Reading: Jason McCall, Kimberly Casey, and Jacqueline Trimble

Sunday, April 11, 2021 | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CT
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[VIRTUAL] MLK Day of Remembrance with Faylita Hicks

Saturday, April 3, 2021 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CT
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[VIRTUAL] Nature In Poetry: A Poetry Workshop with Camille Dungy

Saturday, November 7, 2020 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CT
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[VIRTUAL] A Conversation with Monique L. Jones and Dr. DeMaris B. Hill

Saturday, October 10, 2020 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm CT
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Pollution, Place, & the People

Saturday, September 28, 2019 | 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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DeSantis' "disturbing pattern of silencing Black voices and aggressive attempts to erase Black history is one of the most visible examples of performative white supremacy since the presidency of Donald Trump"—@JNelsonLDF

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On Feb 14, 6-7 pm, Brooklyn Public Library @BKLYNlibrary will be screening "The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On", a documentary about the controversy surrounding @SalmanRushdie's 1988 novel and the freedom of speech debate it sparked. Sign up: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/litfilm-2023-satanic-central-library-dweck-20230214

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