Southern Spaces video-recorded this remarkable conference and, in collaboration with Callaloo, presents a series of highlights, beginning with the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Reading. This event brought together creative and critical voices from in and outside the US to present and discuss artistic expressions ranging from poetry, the visual arts, fiction, and music to archiving and cultural preservation. Former US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey greets conference attendees and welcomes Vievee Frances, poet and Callaloo associate editor, who introduces Brown and Young.Ĭallaloo, a journal of African diaspora arts and letters, held its 2014 conference at Emory University from October 15–18. 2015/phillis-wheatley-poetry-readingĪn evening event of the 2014 Callaloo Conference held at Emory University, the annual Phillis Wheatley Poetry Reading featured Jericho Brown and Kevin Young reading their own work. "2014 Phillis Wheatley Poetry Reading," a reading included in a presentation by Jericho Brown and Kevin Young Kevin Young reads "Ode to Old Dirty Bastard."
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