Southern Spaces thanks Callaloo founder and editor Charles Henry Rowell, managing editor Jackson Brown, and Emory provost Claire Sterk for their support of this conference and series.

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. 12 hours ago &0183 &32 T he stakes are higher, and the growing pains are apparent in the first trailer for season 2 of Apple TV+’s original series Swagger. Young has described this time in his life as if he was writing for survival. In 2004, Youngs father died in a hunting accident at the age of 61. Brown is undoubtedly a safe project for Young its material has been plumbed for the span of his career. 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. After college, Young was awarded a Stegner Fellowship in Poetry at Stanford University, then an MFA in the literary arts from Brown University. books bio writing news events watch listen buy/contact Main Navigation. He is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose, most recently Brown (2018), a New York Times Notable Book Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995. '2014 Phillis Wheatley Poetry Reading,' a reading included in a presentation by Jericho Brown and Kevin Young POET ESSAYIST MUSEUM DIRECTOR EDITOR PROFESSOR Main Navigation. Kevin Young reads 'Ode to Old Dirty Bastard.'

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