In celebration of national poetry month, poet Carmen Gillespie will give a talk on Friday, April 12, from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by a poetry reading from her book titled “The Ghosts of Monticello,” at 7:30 p.m., in Room 302 of the Hazel Center at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury.
Gillespie is a professor of English and director and founder of the Griot Institute for Africana Studies at Bucknell University. She has also published a poetry chapbook, “Lining the Rails,” and two poetry collections, “The Blue Black Wet of Wood” and “Jonestown: A Vexation,” which won the 2010 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.
This event is part of a year-long speaking series with a theme of “Echoes from the Margins: A Year of Amplifying Silenced Voices” and is in celebration of the 30th anniversary of “Echoes & Visions,” the college’s award-winning creative arts magazine, and the creation of a new endowment for the arts.
This event is made possible by a grant from Maryland Humanities, through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in the programs do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Maryland Humanities.
For more information, contact Adam Tavel at atavel@worwic.edu or 410-334-2866.