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Mission Creek Festival: Lit Walk Round #2,  Readings hosted by Monsters of Poetry/Rescue Press, Ninth Letter/MAKE Magazine, The Rumpus/Lit Hub promotional image
Mission Creek Festival: Lit Walk Round #2, Readings hosted by Monsters of Poetry/Rescue Press, Ninth Letter/MAKE Magazine, The Rumpus/Lit Hub
Friday, April 5, 2019 6:00pm
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ROUND #2

Hosted by Rescue Press & Monsters of Poetry
@White Rabbit (112 S. Linn St.)
Marc Rahe, Lauren Haldeman, Brandon Taylor, Abraham Smith, Kathleen Maris Paltrineri, Kam Hilliard, & Kristin Lueke

Hosted by Make Magazine & Ninth Letter
@RSVP (140 N. Linn St.)
Anne Yoder, Kyle Beachy, Andre Perry, Susan Steinberg, Jane Huffman, Max Neely-Cohen, & Ari Braverman

Hosted by Lit Hub & The Rumpus
@Revival (117 E. College St.)
Jennifer S. Cheng, Mesha Maren, Carl Napolitano, Alexia Arthurs...

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Live from Prairie Lights: Kevin Young in conversation with Tameka Cage Conley
Thursday, April 4, 2019 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

New Yorker poetry editor Kevin Young will read from and talk about his work, in conversation with Tameka Cage Conley. The New York Times wrote “Keeping up with [Kevin Young] is like trying to keep up with Bob Dylan or Prince in their primes.”

Kevin Young is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose, most recently Brown, a New York Times Notable Book. His collection Jelly Roll: a blues was a finalist for both the...

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Kevin Young
Thursday, April 4, 2019 5:00pm
Dey House

Please join us for a Q & A session with Kevin Young in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 4

Kevin Young is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He is the New Yorker poetry editor and author of thirteen books of poetry and prose, most recently Brown, a New York Times Notable Book. His collection Jelly Roll: a blues was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Young’s nonfiction, Bunk: The Rise of...

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Brentano String Quartet
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 3:30pm
Dey House

A collaboration with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program

Named for Antonie Brentano—believed by many to be Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved”—the Brentano String Quartet is beloved by audiences whether they are performing immortal repertoire or contemporary compositions. Currently the quartet-in-residence at Yale University, the members of the ensemble will share their expertise with student musicians as part of the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program.