Sunday, May 17th Zoom Reading FROM THE BELLY: Poets Respond to Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons, Vol. III ROOMS

This is going to be great! We will hear from our own Board member, Jacqueline Johnson, as well as fellow contributors to From The Belly: Poets Respond to Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons,, Karren Aleiner, Nancy White. It’s guaranteed to be fun!

Cover Design: Susan Pearce Design

Cover Art: The Loophole of Retreat by Ellen Driscoll

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Sunday, April 26, 2026 - Radical Reversal

Radical Reversal is a creative justice initiative dedicated to transforming how incarceration is understood and addressed. Through the installation of flexible performance, recording, and learning spaces inside detention centers and correctional facilities, the organization uses poetry, music, and collaborative artmaking to advance racial equity, rehabilitation, and self-determination. Centering the languages, cultures, and creative practices participants already hold, Radical Reversal empowers incarcerated artists to shape narratives, build skills, and imagine futures beyond the carceral state.

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Sunday, April 12, 2026 Mimi Jones, Monique Ngozi Nri and Brandon Sanders

Poetry and Rhythm Matters presents Bassist, Mimi Jones, who will lay down soulful currents while Vocalist & Poet, Monique Ngozi Nri weaves language into living color, as Multi‑Percussionist, Brandon Saunders drives the heartbeat of the night. Together, they shape an evening where sound and story move as one

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Sunday, March 15, 2026 - Tara Betts

Tara Betts is the author of Refuse to Disappear, Break the Habit, Arc & Hue. Betts teaches at DePaul University’s Peace Studies Program and serves as poetry editor for The Langston Hughes Review. Her poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies.

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Sunday, February 22, 2026 - Dante Micheaux

Dante Micheaux is a poet and translator whose work combines formal rigor with musical insight. He is the author of Circus, winner of the Four Quartets Prize, and Amorous Shepherd. His writing appears in leading international journals, and his honors include the Oscar Wilde Award, the Ambit Poetry Prize, and an Amy Clampitt Residency. Micheaux is a Fellow and Director of Programs at Cave Canem Foundation and recently wrote the libretto for Rolf Hind’s opera Sky In a Small Cage.

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