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Rosamond King (and Nightboat author John Keene) read for All the Rage: Black Creativity in Pandemic Time

April 15, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

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The Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University would like to invite you to join All the Rage: Black Creativity in Pandemic Time on Thursday, April 15th at 5:30pm EST.

We will explore how Black queer writers have been able to weave pleasure and joy into not only their writing but their lives during this pandemic time.

Featured Speakers:

Rosamond S. King | Poet and Scholar; Director, Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities at Brooklyn College

John Keene | Poet, Writer, and Critic; Professor in the Departments of African American and African Studies and English at Rutgers University-Newark

Robert Jones, Jr. | Writer and Novelist; Creator of the social justice community Son of Baldwin

Moderated by Naomi Extra | Writer and Poet; Doctoral Candidate in American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark

To purchase a copy of Rosamond S. King’s new book, All the Rage, please visit the following link: https://nightboat.org/book/all-the-rage/

The Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience is registered with the State of New Jersey as a professional development provider (#5089). Registered seminar participants will be eligible to earn professional development hours in accordance with the guidelines provided by the New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development Provider Registration System.

This event will be recorded. By registering, participants are providing Rutgers permission to record their image and/or voice and grant Rutgers all rights to use these recordings in any medium for educational, promotional, advertising, or other purposes that support the mission of the university.

For questions and more information, please contact us at [email protected]  or visit  ethnicity.rutgers.edu

The meeting link will be shared a few days before the event.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-the-rage-black-creativity-in-pandemic-time-tickets-145912005737

Details

Date:
April 15, 2021
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Website:
http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu/