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SUMMARY:WAX POETICS: Ishion Hutchinson on Kamau Brathwaite
DESCRIPTION:The Woodberry Poetry Room invites you to Wax Poetics\, a series 
 that brings together our landmark AV collection with readings by 
 contemporary poets. This season\, Ishion Hutchinson will join us in 
 honoring renowned Barbadian poet Kamau Brathwaite (1930-2020)\, whose 
 groundbreaking trilogy The Arrivants will be reissued by New Directions in 
 July. The event will be introduced by Sunbinn Lee\, PhD candidate in the 
 Department of English\, Harvard University.\n\n \n\nThe evening will begin 
 with Hutchinson sharing selections from his own work alongside recently 
 digitized recordings of Brathwaite from the Poetry Room’s archives. 
 We’ll then move to the adjacent Poetry Room for an immersive\, collective 
 listening session\, book signing\, and reception. \n\n\n\n \n\nIn-Person 
 Attendance: Forum Room\, Lamont Library\, Harvard University. \nBook sales 
 provided by Grolier Poetry Book Shop. Free and open to the public. \n  
 \n\nOnline Attendance: Livestreaming available via the WPR YouTube Channel. 
 \n\n \n\nIshion Hutchinson is the winner of the 2025 Rilke Prize for his 
 book-length poem\, School of Instructions\, for which he was also 
 shortlisted for the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize. His other collections 
 include House of Lords and Commons\, winner of the National Book Critics 
 Circle Award for Poetry and Far District\, winner of the PEN/Joyce 
 Osterweil Award\, as well as a book of essays\, Fugitive Tilts. A 
 finalist for the L.A. Times Book Award in Poetry\, his awards and honors 
 include a Guggenheim Fellowship\, the Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize\, the 
 Whiting Writers Award\, the Susannah Hunnewell Prize from The Paris 
 Review\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature\, 
 and Institute of Jamaica’s Gold Musgrave Medal for distinguished 
 contributions to literature. Born in Port Antonio\, Jamaica\, he is a 
 co-founding member of the Global Black Initiative Collective at Cornell 
 University\, where he is currently the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor in the 
 Humanities and a trustee of the Griffin Poetry Prize. \n\n \n\nPlease 
 contact us with any questions about this event. We can be reached by email 
 at poetryrm@fas.harvard.edu or via phone at (617) 495-2454. We encourage 
 persons with disabilities who would like to request accommodations or have 
 questions about physical access to contact Houghton Library at least three 
 days in advance of the reading.
LOCATION:Lamont Library\, Woodberry Poetry Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Graham":MAILTO:marywgraham@fas.harvard.edu
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
CONTACT;CN="Mary Graham":MAILTO:marywgraham@fas.harvard.edu
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