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Lit Crawl Boston 2024
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Thursday, June 6 • 6:00pm - 6:50pm
Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Honor a Trailblazer

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Imagination! who can sing thy force? wrote Phillis Wheatley, the 18th century poet recognized as the mother of African-American literature. Dive into the treasure and influence of Wheatley and her work with Danielle Legros Georges and Artress Bethany White, editors of the groundbreaking new anthology Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters. Poet Denise Washington and drummer Robert Bellinger join the performance.

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Danielle Legros Georges

Photo Credit: Jennifer Waddell



Thursday June 6, 2024 6:00pm - 6:50pm PDT
Rococo Floral Co. 231 Somerville Ave.
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