I was invited this week by PEN to participate in the 40th - TopicsExpress

I was invited this week by PEN to participate in the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe sponsored by the PEN World Voices Festival on May 1 as an alumni of the Taxi Drivers Workshop that was sponsored by PEN last Spring. Tickets for the event can be reserved through the PEN World Voices Festival website. Below is a Press Release about the event. There will be a special appearance by the poet laureate, Natasha Trethewey. Thursday 1st May 6- 9pm The Nuyorican Poets’ Café, 236 E 3rd Street The Nuyorican Poets’ Café 40th Anniversary Celebration With: SAUL WILLIAMS, REG E GAINES, GADO, MUMS DA SCHEMER, SANDRA MARIA ESTEVES, ISHMAEL REED, ROME NEAL, BOB HOLMAN, MAHOGANY L. BROWNE, JIVE POETIC, CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ, EBONI HOGAN, LA BRUJA, AND A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY ROSARIO DAWSON, NATASHA TRETHEWEY The Festival honors New York City’s legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe on the occasion of its 40th Anniversary. Don’t miss this night of verse, jazz, rhyme and reminiscence, as Festival participants join poetry slam champions, illustrious alumni and the poetic voices of tomorrow. Kenyan political cartoonist Gado, poet laureate Natasha Trethewey and participants from the Domestic Workers Union and Alliance for Taxi Drivers writing workshops take the stage to honor one of the crowned jewels of Manhattan’s literary landscape.

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