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Date:<\/strong> Monday, Sept. 23
Time:<\/strong> 7 p.m.
Location:<\/strong> Common Grounds, EMU University Commons, 1307 Park Road<\/a>, Harrisonburg
Cost:<\/strong> Free (no registration required)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An evening of powerful poetry performed by jessica Care moore <\/strong>and Brad Walrond <\/strong>will kick off EMU\u2019s Writers Read<\/a> Author series this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verses & Vibes, an event featuring the pair of poets, authors and recording artists, will begin at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, at the Common Grounds space in EMU\u2019s University Commons. The event is free to attend and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following their poetry performances, moore and Walrond will lead a Q&A session and participate in a book signing (copies of their books will be available to purchase).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

moore<\/a> (who stylizes her first and last names in lowercase) is an internationally renowned poet, playwright, performance artist and producer. She is the founder of book publishing company Moore Black Press<\/a>, founder and producer of Black WOMEN Rock!<\/a>, and founder of The Moore Art House, a nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in Detroit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April she was named<\/a> the poet laureate of Detroit. She is the third poet laureate to serve the city since 1981.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

moore has performed on stages all over the world, including the Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the London Institute for Contemporary Arts. She, along with Walrond, will perform at the Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is the author of The Words Don\u2019t Fit in My Mouth<\/em>, The Alphabet Verses the Ghetto<\/em>, and Sunlight Through Bullet Holes<\/em>. The poems in her latest collection, We Want Our Bodies Back<\/em>, speak to \u201cBlack women\u2019s creative and intellectual power, and express the pain, sadness, and anger of those who suffer constant scrutiny because of their gender and race\u201d (Amistad Press<\/a>, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

moore is a two-time Knight Arts recipient, 2018 Joyce Award winner, 2016 Kresge Artist Fellow, 2013 Alain Locke Award recipient, and the 2015 NAACP Great Expectations Award recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walrond<\/a> is a poet, author, conceptual\/performance artist, and one of the foremost writers and performers of the 1990s Black Arts Movement centered in New York City. His poems have been published in The Atlantic<\/em>, African Voices Magazine<\/em>, Moko Magazine<\/em>, ArtsEverywhere<\/em>, Eleven Eleven<\/em>, and Wordpeace<\/em>. His latest collection of poems, Every Where Alien<\/em>, \u201ctraces blackness, queerness, and desire through the legacy of 1990s and early 2000s New York City underground art movements, illuminating how their roots and undertold histories inspire today\u2019s culture\u201d (Amistad Press<\/a>, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copies of moore\u2019s We Want Our Bodies Back<\/a><\/em> and Walrond\u2019s Every Where Alien<\/a> <\/em>are available to check out at EMU\u2019s Sadie Hartzler Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion partnered with Writers Read, the Office of Student Life, and the Center for Interfaith Engagement to bring this event to life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawn Neil<\/strong>, coordinator for the Office of DEI, said she had seen moore perform her poetry at the White Privilege Conference in Tulsa this past April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cListening to her, the raw power and emotion in her voice gave me chills,\u201d Neil said. \u201cBringing her here feels essential. Her message needs to be heard, and I believe it\u2019s one that our students will deeply connect with.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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