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DESCRIPTION:The African American Center of Enoch Pratt Library joins with t
 he African American Center of San Francisco Public Library in a celebratio
 n of poetic freedom. Celebrate Juneteenth with four dynamic African Americ
 an Poets- two from Maryland and two from California for a cross country po
 etic tour of Black Freedom.\n\n \n\nThe Poets:\n\nAlie Jones is a self-car
 e advocate\, writer\, artist\, and Creole mermaid. She is a founder of Bod
 acious Bombshells\, a wellness collective in Oakland. Alie is passionate a
 bout centering our breath work as sacred and hopes to build a legacy of aw
 areness and expression. She is the Director and Co-founder of Black Freigh
 ter Press\, a revolutionary press committed to the exploration of liberati
 on. Alie graduated with a BA in Cinematic Arts & Technology from CSU Monte
 rey Bay & a minor in Creative Writing & Social Action. She received her MP
 A from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies as well as a MFA 
 from Mills College in Creative Writing. Alie is the host of the podcast ca
 lled Chit Chat with Aliecat\, exploring self-care practices & journeys of 
 self-love. \n\nKevin Dublin is an educator\, economic justice advocate\, f
 ilmmaker\, and writer of grants\, poetry\, prose\, scripts & code.  As fou
 nder of Living Room SF\, he produces readings\, publishes others\, and fac
 ilitates partnerships in the Bay. He is the recipient of fellowships and a
 wards from the San Francisco Arts Commission\, Yerba Buena Center for the 
 Arts\, Center for Cultural Innovation\, Martha’s Vineyard Institute of C
 reative Writing and more. Kevin has taught writing at Duke University’s 
 Youth Programs\, San Diego State\, East Carolina University and in the com
 munity with students from ages 5 - 105 at various K-12 schools & non-profi
 ts across the US. He is the author of Eulogy (2023) and How to Fall in Lov
 e in San Diego (2017). You can find recent work in Brooklyn Rail\, Ploughs
 hares\, Konch and Apocrypha Magazine. Kevin lives in San Francisco\, but i
 s proudly from Smithfield\, NC\, and believes in you and the power of coll
 ective transformation. \n\nAbdul Ali—poet\, writer\, educator\, and cult
 ural worker—was most recently program director of the Maryland State Cou
 ncil’s County Arts and Arts and Entertainment Districts programs. Mr. Al
 i has held distinguished teaching appointments at Johns Hopkins University
 \, Howard University\, and Morgan State University\, to name a few. For hi
 s literary work\, Ali has been recognized by the Robert Deutsch Foundation
 \, Cave Canem Foundation\, Sewanee\, DC Commission on the Arts and the Vir
 ginia Center for Creative Arts (VCCA). He is the author of Trouble Sleepin
 g which won the 2014 New Issues Poetry Book Prize selected by Fannie Howe.
  His poems have been published in numerous literary journals including Cop
 per Nickel\, Little Patuxent Review\, and Poet Lore. Currently\, Mr. Ali i
 s the Associate Director of Development at Baltimore Arts Realty Corporati
 on (BARCO) and is the founder and principal of The Ali Consultancy. \n\nKa
 teema Lee is a Washington D.C. native. Her recent work has been published 
 in print and online journals such as Pirene’s Fountain\, Beltway Poetry 
 Quarterly\, African American Review\, Gargoyle and others. She is the auth
 or of Almost Invisible (2016)\, Musings of a Netflix Binge Viewer (2018)\,
  Transcript of the Unnamed (2020)\, Mundane Things (2024). She is a Cave C
 anem Graduate Fellow\, a Callaloo fellow and a participant of The Home Sch
 ool. \n\nConnect:\n\nAlie Jones - Website\n\nKevin Dublin - Website\n\nAbd
 ul Ali - Website
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SUMMARY:Poets Celebrate Juneteenth
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CATEGORIES:Poetry
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Arts @ the Pratt
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