Poetry Reading: Arisa White

—New Date—

This reading is open to the public and will take place in the library’s community room and via Zoom. Email elewis@rocklandmaine.gov for Zoom links.

Opening for Arisa are three of Maine’s Poetry Out Loud 2024 state finalists: Charlotte Schatz of Maine Coast Waldorf School, Angelo Giordano of Portland High School, and state runner-up Willow Knowles of Kennebunk High School.

Arisa White is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Colby College; her poetry is widely published. As the creator of the Beautiful Things Project, Arisa curates poetic collaborations that are rooted in Black queer women’s ways of knowing.