John Gavin White presents I, JOHN DE CONQUEROR: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome poet & academic John Gavin White for a reading & discussion of his debut poetry collection, I, John de Conqueror: A New Spelling Of My Name! John will be in conversation with Darnnell Dorvil of "F.O.R.M. (Focused Operations To Redefine Masculinity).

PRAISE FOR JOHN GAVIN WHITE

"I, John de Conqueror, is a powerful reflection of the chaos Black maleness entails; how this place is experienced by his body and in one’s soul. The poetry speaks to Black men and boys without hesitation, while the prose articulates what previously was thought to be ineffable. Meanings found not merely by words, but the shared absence of voice burdening Black males. This is a powerful collection of writing that succeeds in communicating to the world the existential force of the Black man’s soul and thoughts but dares to use the experience of being a Black male to hold the world at ransom. I, John De Conqueror, is a much needed examination of how the word, the pen, and the body when possessed by Black men can be used to illuminate the horrors of racism and whiteness, and the tribulations of humanity’s loss. This is a book well worth the intellectual and spiritual journey each page takes the reader through." — Dr. Tommy J. Curry, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, Personal Chair of Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies, and Author of The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Gavin White is a poet, philosopher and educator. With dual degrees in Philosophy and Women/Gender Studies, White's poetry and prose is centered in the lived philosophy of the 'poetic,' which is any attempt at the unified treatment of emotion, logic, language and thought against the backdrop of oppression. He is 2020 Button Poetry and 2021 Frost Place Chapbook Finalist and has been featured several times on the world famous Apollo amateur night, along with having performed or lectured at a number of institutions in the U.S. and abroad, ranging from Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History to Queen University Belfast in Ireland, to the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa. His debut poetry collection, I, John de Conqueror: A New Spelling Of My Name (Spuyten Duyvil Publishing) is available for purchase through a direct link on his Instagram page @johngavinwhite.

ABOUT F.O.R.M.

F.O.R.M. (Focused Operations To Redefine Masculinity) provides co-learning programs and events to build skills, self-awareness, community & accountability in order to encourage a healthier, positive outlook on masculinity.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States