Sonia Sanchez is a poet, activist, scholar; the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University; recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and Langston Hughes Poetry Award; one of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement; the author of sixteen books. We invite you to submit to this event. Submissions open from July 15, 2018 to September 2, 2018. Book Release Party and Reading will take place on Sunday September 16, 2018. Submissions for the book will be open until August 17, 2018.

12:30pm – Showing of the film BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez

2pm – Interview with Nzadi Keita

2:30pm – Reading by Sonia Sanchez

2:45 – Book contributors read

4:00pm – Book signing