SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, September 30, 7 - 10 pm
Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NY NY 10282
Poets Reading Prose from Novels Containing Their Favorite Women Literary Characters (Featured Poets: Dennis Nurkse, Tracy K. Smith, Patrick Rosal, John Murillo, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Lindsey Horne, & Camille Rankine).
Special Collaborative Performance by Medusa String Theory, Featuring Samantha Thornhill & folk musician Valerie June.
Art Raffle / Courtesy of Writers’ House:
Zora Neale Hurston’s in Fort Pierce, Florida. 12” x 19”.
Designed for Writers’ House
by M + E. Illustrated by Aislinn Forbes.
Cocktail & Hors D’oeuvres Reception,
Complimentary Limited Edition Broadsides
& Live Music by Jessy Carolina & The Hot Mess (http://www.jessycarolinahotmess.com/index.php?/press-kit/)
*Suggested Donation: $5 – $10 (donations for Girls Write Now: http://www.girlswritenow.org/gwn/)
*Jessy Carolina & The Hot Mess is a New York City based ensemble specializing in early American roots and jazz music from the late 1800s to the 1930’s. The group features Jessy Carolina on vocals and washboard, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton on piano, banjo, and vocals, Jordan Hyde on guitar, Jay Sanford on bass, Mario J. Maggio on clarinet and saxophone, and Satoru Ohashi on trumpet and trombone.
