Krista Franklin and Nate Marshall on Black Futures
About the Event:
In their latest poetry collections, Krista Franklin and Nate Marshall both offer visions of liberation. Franklin’s Too Much Midnight explores portraiture and collage as strategies for radical imaginings, while Marshall’s FINNA celebrates Black vernacular as uplifting “Black possibility, Black future, Blackness as tomorrow”. Franklin and Marshall are joined by the poet Parneshia Jones for a discussion about the intersections of poetry, visual art, and popular culture.
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This annual lecture is presented in honor of Esther S. Saks and her 90th birthday in celebration of her lifetime commitment to culture, curiosity, and social justice.
This program is presented in partnership with Blanc Gallery and Young Chicago Authors.
This week's programs presented with the support of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
About the Book:
- The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
- When you purchase your copies of Too Much Midnight and FINNA from Seminary Co-op you are directly supporting independent bookselling in Chicago and a vital space for book browsing, discovery, and community.
Order your copies of Too Much Midnight and FINNA today!
Krista Franklin
Krista Franklin is a writer and visual artist, the author Too Much Midnight (Haymarket Books, 2020), the artis...
Nate Marshall
Nate Marshall is a rapper, writer, and educator from the South Side of Chicago. He is the author of Wild Hundreds<...
Parneshia Jones
Parneshia Jones is the Director of Northwestern University Press. Her acquisitions have garnered some of the highest ...
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Krista Franklin and Nate Marshall on Black Futures
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