Poetry Reading and Open Mic on Zoom

Date

Friday, July 8, 2022 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Room

Zoom Video Conference
Emmett Wheatfall

Open Mic and Poetry Reading honoring black American poets a virtual event on Zoom. Co-sponsored by the Milwaukie Poetry Series and St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church. 

Our Featured Readers will be Emmett Wheatfall and Walidah Imarisha. Emmett will give a keynote for the reading then they will read works of Black American poets for about 35 minutes.

The Open Mic will follow their reading. You can register for this event by emailing Tom Hogan at tomhogan2@comcast.net. You will receive a link prior to the event. Plan to read 1 or 2 poems depending on the number of participants and length of the poems. If time permits additional poems will be allowed.

The event will be recorded and available for viewing on demand on the Ledding Library YouTube Channel after the event.

Please call Tom Hogan at 503.819.8367 or e-mail with any questions about this or about the Series.