Porsha Olayiwola presents 'i shimmer sometimes, too'
When:
Monday, May 18, 2020 7:00p -
8:00p
Monday, May 18, 2020 7:00p -
8:00p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art, Performing Arts, Virtual & Streaming
Event website:
http://cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/6547860
Registration is required for this virtual event. Please register here: cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/6547860
*Zoom link will be emailed to registrants prior to the event*
Porsha Olayiwola is from the future! Black, poet, queer-dyke, hip-hop feminist, womanist: Porsha is a native of Chicago who now resides in Boston. Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and the artistic director at MassLEAP, a literary youth organization. Olayiwola is an MFA Candidate at Emerson College. Porsha Olayiwola is the author of i shimmer sometimes, too published by Button Poetry and is the current poet laureate for the city of Boston.
Photograph by Carlie Febo.
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