The Poetry & Folklore of Sterling A. Brown: A Historical Examination and Celebration of a Cultural Legend
Sat, Sep 13
|Washington
Join some of America's finest scholars, authors, poets and musicians as they exam and celebrate the writings and life of Sterling A. Brown, who Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin described as "guardian of images, values, history and ethos of Black people. " YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS LITERARY EVENT OF THE YEAR!
Time & Location
Sep 13, 2025, 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM EDT
Washington, 125 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017, USA
About the event
THE POETRY & FOLKLORE OF STERLING A. BROWN: A Historical Examination and Celebration of a Cultural Legend includes workshops, a day-long symposium that includes four panels and a reception and a special post invitation-only roundtable for educators. THIS IS THE LITERARY EVENT OF THE SEASON. DON'T MISS IT. REGISTER NOW.
]oin some of the country’s most esteemed and award-winning poets, fiction writers, & scholars: James Early, Ph.D., Joanne V. Gabbin Ph.D, E.Ethelbert Miller, Brian Gilmore, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Cornelius Eady, Keith Leonard, Ph.D, Niani Kilkenny, Maurice Jackson, Ph.D, Mark Sanders, Ph.D, Marita Golden, Amy Horowitz, Dana Williams, Ph.D, Kenneth Carroll Jr., Tricia Elam Walker, jonetta rose barras, Lesa Warrick, Leroy Nesbitt, Philomena Stone and “In the Tradition Youth Workshop participants under the instruction of award-winning poet Kenneth Carroll III—Sterling A. Brown Teaching Artist in Residence with Esther Productions Inc.
INSIGHT #1 (Keynote Speakers) James Counts Early--the former Director of Cultural…
Tickets
General Admission
$0.00
Goes on sale
May 01, 12:00 PM EDT