Poetics of the Archive: An Evening with Nikky Finney & Robin Coste Lewis
Join National Book Award winners Nikky Finney and Robin Coste Lewis for a discussion of their recent books, Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry and To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness, with award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. The writers will talk about excavating and reimagining family, communal archives, and the power of Black stories amidst continued book bannings. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation, this is an official 2023 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event.
