erica lewis, Kazim Ali, A.H. Jerriod Avant
Thursday, October 5
Doors: 7pm
Reading: 7:30pm
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erica lewis
Kazim Ali
A.H. Jerriod Avant
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Poetic Research Bureau presents erica lewis, Kazim Ali, and A.H. Jerriod Avant reading from their newly released poetry collections at 2220 Arts + Archives.
In mahogany, lewis’s short lines flow down the page like postmodern psalms, connecting dailyness to timelessness, merging the historical and the beloved through reverence for family, music, and the realities of life. Ali’s Sukun: New and Selected Poems draws a generous selection from his previous books, letting shine his lyrical and expressive language that pays close attention to both the spiritual and the visceral. Avant’s debut collection, Muscadine, accentuates the sonic joys that Black Southern voices bring to bear on memorializing the present and commemorating the past.