Passwords: Rosamond King on Caribbean Poets of the 20th Century

25th Anniversary Program
Date and Time:
May 22, 2012 - 7:00PM
Event Location:
Kray Hall
Admission:
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Scholar and poet Rosamond King shares her insights into the groundbreaking output of 20th-century Caribbean poets, including the works of Kamau Brathwaite and M. NourbeSe Philip.
Rosamond King is an artist, a performer, and a poet. Her poetry appears in her chapbook, At My Belly & At My Back (2009), and in numerous journals and anthologies. Her scholarly work appears recently in the book Sex and the Citizen: Interrogating the Caribbean (2011). She is the recipient of a Fullbright Fellowship and is currently a fellow in the Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship. A former professor at Long Island University, she is now Assistant Professor of English at Brooklyn College.
Event Sponsored By:
Poets House
Event Type:
Readings and Conversations
Calendar
Upcoming Readings and Conversations
Tue May 28
Tue Jun 4
Mon Jun 17
Current Exhibition
February 09, 2013 to June 04, 2013



