Cave Canem Celebrates National Poetry Month April 27, 2009

Admission Free; no reserved seating
Cave Canem celebrates National Poetry Month with featured readers Cheryl Clarke, author of several books of poems, including Experimental Love, nominated for a 1994 Lambda Literary Award; Jacqueline Johnson, author of A Gathering of Mother Tongues, recipient of the 1997 White Pine Press Award for Poetry; Karma Mayet Johnson, whose poetry has appeared in Renaissance Noir, A Gathering of the Tribes, Nocturnes and Exit the Apple; Willie Perdomo, author of Where a Nickel Costs a Dime and Smoking Lovely, recipient of a PEN America Beyond Margins Award; and Jeffrey Renard Allen, author of Holding Pattern and the acclaimed novel, Rails Under My Back. Book signing to follow. Sponsored by Cave Canem and The New School Writing Program.

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