About this Event
About Poetry Prom:
Serving as the official book release of Alexa Patrick's debut poetry collection Remedies for Disappearing, Poetry Prom will be part poetry reading part party! This event will include "prom photos" from a professional photographer, poetry readings from some of your favorite poets, dancing, drinks, and fellowship.
This event is made possible by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Salt and Sundry
About Remedies for Disappearing
In this beautiful debut from an exciting new poet, Alexa Patrick's Remedies for Disappearing memorializes Blackness in its quiet and unexpected forms, bringing the peripheral into focus. These poems muddy Black life and death, observe lineage and love stories, and question what "disappearing" teaches about Blackness and bodies. Find out more here
About Alexa Patrick:
Alexa Patrick is a poet and vocalist from Connecticut. She is a Cave Canem fellow and Tin House alumna. This spring, Alexa will make her stage production debut playing Un/sung in We Shall Not Be Moved, an opera under the direction of Bill T. Jones. You may find Alexa’s work published in Adroit, The Rumpus, CRWN Magazine, and The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic. Find out more here
Prom Court/Poetry Features: Takier George, Rasheed Copeland, Holly Bass, Candice Iloh, Roya Marsh, & Julian David Randall
Host: Kenny Carroll II
DJ: DJ Franky J
Photographer: Adedayo "Dayo" Kosoko
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Village Cafe, 1272 5th Street Northeast, Washington, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 17.00