Kiki Petrosino and Tongo Eisen-Martin: December 1, 2022

The Poetry Center presents Kiki Petrosino, whose book of poetry White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia (Sarabande Books, 2020) was selected for The Poetry Center Book Award by Tongo Eisen-Martin, at the time Poet Laureate of his hometown, San Francisco. Both poets read from their work and engage in conversation with one another, their host, and their online audience. London Pinkney, co-editor of The Ana, kindly joins the poets as emcee for this online-only event. 

Publisher
American Poetry Archives
Location
The Poetry Center (Remote Access Event)
Date
2022-12-01
Event Run Time
01:37:02
Contributors
London Pinkney
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Tongo Eisen-Martin (00:21:44)

Tongo Eisen-Martin presents new work. 

Kiki Petrosino (00:22:06)

Kiki Petrosino reads from White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia.

Conversation (00:50:19)

Kiki Petrosino and Tongo Eisen-Martin, following their readins, engage extensively with one another and in response to questions and comments from host London Pinkney and their online audience. 

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