“I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing” Poetry and Protest: A Day in Honor of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker

Thursday, November 5, 2020, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Video still of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker reading their poetry in 1986 in San Francisco
Audre Lorde and Pat Parker read at the The Women’s Building, San Francisco, February 7, 1986.

This virtual dinner conversation honors Audre Lorde and Pat Parker and supports The Women’s Building in San Francisco. Emcee: Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta. Free.

Supported, in part, by a grant to the Academy of American Poets from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of Poetry Coalition programs.

This event is among more than 30 Poetry Coalition programs taking place nationwide under a common heading, “I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing” — Poetry and Protest, after a line from Audre Lorde’s “New Year’s Day.”

More information about this event

Location: 
Online (Zoom)
Sponsor: 
The Poetry Center, Women and Gender Studies Department, Kadist, The Women’s Building
Contact: 
The Poetry Center