An Evening With New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones

September 3, 2024

Join an evening of readings and conversation with New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones.

Jones is a poet, playwright, educator, and cultural activist.

Winner of the 2017 Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers, her most recent book The Beloved Community was released in 2023.

Jones’s archives are housed in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division at the Schomburg Center in Harlem.

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The evening will explore the evolution of her writing, the necessity of personal archives to shape one’s legacy, and the use of archives to develop new material. 

This is an official 2024 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event.


Register Here

Thursday, September 26 · 6:30 – 8:30 pm EDT

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,, 515 Malcolm X Blvd New York, NY 10030,


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