Community + Polyvocality: A Craft Talk and Generative Workshop

In this hybrid craft talk and generative workshop, Yalie Saweda Kamara, Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate, will present multimedia poetry projects that center community and polyvocality and explore the necessity of collaboration, tension, vulnerability, dialogue, and the indispensable value of failure in the artistic process. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in the creation of a polyvocal poem which will honor the multiple voices, gifts, and perspectives inherent in the gathering space. For more: https/inkubator.litcleveland.org/

Poetry and literary arts reading series based in Toledo, Ohio, bringing together artists of all styles. Curated by Jonie McIntire, Toledo Poet Laureate.

Celebrate the kickoff of Tunde Wey’s residency on this special night with a meet and greet, remarks by Duncanson Program Manager Kareem Simpson, a reading from Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate Yalie Saweda Kamara, and more. For more: click here!

Joseph-Beth Booksellers and The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center invite you to an evening with Percival Everett as he discusses he latest book, James, with Cincinnati Mercantile Library Poet Laureate Yalie Saweda Kamara.

Join us for a star-studded evening of poetry and conversation featuring Kimberly "DuWaup" Bolden, Marcus Donaldson, David Moody, and Zeda Stew, and hosted by Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate Yalie Saweda Kamara.

Event co-sponsored by Xavier University and The Mercantile Library

Free & open to the public. Registration required.
Kennedy Auditorium (Conaton Learning Commons 412)

I’ll be signing your copies of Besaydoo! Please stop by and say hello!

In creative writing, the focus is product over process. Producing pages for publication is necessary, but when that goal takes over, what is lost? For women especially, writing solely to publish can lead to burnout. Generative writing might be an answer. These panelists, women who work in both academic and community spaces, champion writing for writing’s sake. Their interactive panel will reclaim writing as a process of discovery and invite attendees to try a few favorite generative prompts.

Panelists: Emma Hudelson, Yalie Saweda Kamara, Melissa Fraterrigo, Amy Shearn, and Lisa Low

In this two-part event, I will be reading from my debut poetry collection Besaydoo (Milkweed Editions, 2024) and facilitating a writing workshop “Synergies of People and Place.”

Description: Who were we, who are we, and who will be by virtue of movement? Through discussion and examinations of poetry, moving and still images, and music, this generative writing workshop considers the ways in which migration and location inform our identities and how our presences conversely impact the spaces we frequent, encounter, or inhabit.

To register, please visit: https://www.womenwriting.org/

Register here: https://guide.artswave.org/event/lunch-learn-on-becoming-a-poets-journey/

For this April 26th virtual gathering, we will be reading "Remember" by Joy Harjo. The theme of this month’s poems is Our Stories, Our Narrative. Cincinnati Youth Poet Laureate Rimel Kamran selected this poem by Joy Harjo because it gives us a way to think about our own identity and story by remembering all the ways the world has celebrated our very being. Sheila McMullin will be presenting the poem and Haleh Liza Gafori will be guiding our meditation.

FREE! Register here: https://www.thewell.world/programs-events/programs/2023/04/26/mindful-poetry-virtual-gathering-free

For this April 19th virtual gathering, we will be reading "Possible" by Carlina Duan. The theme of this month’s poems is Our Stories, Our Narrative. "Possible" leads us to think about all that is possible in stories, in language, in writing, and as humans. Samyak Shertok will be presenting the poem and Stacy Sims will be guiding our meditation.

FREE! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sdOmvqjkjGdcrEyWy4vEdleSGVVOTPIcQ

Join us for an evening of poetry and conversation featuring award-winning poets Manuel Iris, Yalie Saweda Kamara, Kristen Renzi, and Felicia Zamora. Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate Yalie Saweda Kamara will host the evening.