Featuring Elizabeth Alexander, Tyehimba Jess, Yusef Komunyakaa, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Marilyn Nelson, Atsuro Riley, Sapphire, Solmaz Sharif, and Patricia Smith.
Co-sponsored with the Academy of American Poets, Cave Canem Foundation, Our Miss Brooks: A Centennial Celebration, Poetry Society of America, Poets House, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL)
