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Jun 29, 2017
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Every Thursday at 5pm from June 29 - August 10, join us for Community Voices: Poets Speak, Bay Area Cave Canem poets reflect on themes of our current exhibition. Now on view, The Ease of Fiction presents the work of four African artists living in the United States as the foundation of a critical discussion about history, fact and fiction. The readings and discussion of original work will take place in the gallery for a maximum of 30 minutes.

The series culminates with a reception and an evening of poetry by the participating poets on Thursday, August 17, 6:30-8pm.

Free Admission.

Founded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in the literary landscape, Cave Canem Foundation is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets.

Community Voices: Poets Speak is curated by Arisa White, poet, writer & educator.

ALYSS DIXSON

Alyss Dixson

Alyss Dixson grew up in Portland, Oregon. She received the 2015 Joseph Henry Jackson award in fiction and is writing a collection entitled Fukuoka Woman. She has publications in The Callaloo Journal, Day One, and The Atlantic. She studied at Yale, Columbia and San Francisco State.

She also makes movies.

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This series is supported in part by Poets & Writers through grants it has received from The James Irvine Foundation and the Hearst Foundations.

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