Dark Room Collective

Poetry Lectures by Poetry Foundation

Oct 19, 201201:16:41Arts

A reunion of the Dark Room Collective at the Poetry Foundation in April 2012. This reading features Nehassaiu deGannes, John Keene, Kevin Young, Sharan Strange, Major Jackson, Thomas Sayers Ellis, and Natasha Trethewey....

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