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With all that’s happened in 2020, I’m so grateful for this one-of-a-kind community book club that’s brought us together in such unexpected ways.
This year, on the page and in our live and virtual gatherings, we dived into a pandemic classic as the real-world pandemic hit, rode with the Compton Cowboys as protests filled our streets, swam from Southern California to Iceland and the South China Sea, cooked at home with two California chefs, celebrated a visionary L.A. sci-fi legend, and listened to the inspiring, heartbreaking verse of eight Black poets reeling from injustice and uncertainty.
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ONLINE: Poetry of the Moment
Dec 17, 2020 12:00 PM
UW professors and poets Cherene Sherrard and Amaud Jamaul Johnson.
UW-Madison poet and professor Amaud Jamaul Johnson and UW-Madison professor Cherene Sherrard will read from their works, which address such topics as Black identity and the brutal realities of being Black in the U.S. Johnson released his latest poetry collection,
Imperial Liquor, this year. But the program is as much discussion as a reading of prior work. Moderated by Ann Shaffer (MA â90) the evening will also include a Q&A session.
press release: At a time when the nation grapples with long-standing racial injustices and police brutality, two UW professors â who are also poets, a married couple, and featured in the Winter 2020 issue of