LEWISTON – A poetry reading by Jaki Shelton Green will be the first in a series of events sponsored by the Bates College Office of Multicultural Affairs in observance of Black History Month.
Green, a poet in residence at Bates through Feb. 14, will read from her most recently published work, “Breath of Song: New and Selected Poems” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in Chase Hall Lounge, 53 Campus Ave.
The reading is open to the public free of charge.
For more information, phone 786-8376.
A native of North Carolina, Green’s work is rooted in the culture, cadences and folkways of the South. She received the 2003 North Carolina Award for Literature, awarded by the state’s Department of Culture, which recognized her as “an inveterate champion of the underdog.
Just as she always has been a writer, she has also been a fierce activist for marginalized populations – abused women, the elderly, the incarcerated and especially children.”
Bates’ Multicultural Center celebrates and promotes the diverse cultural experiences that each member of the college brings to the community.
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