Mercredi prochain le 1 avril 2026, à 20h le Gang du roman poétique (le GRP) — Anaïs de Courson, Claudine Hunault, Cédric Jullion, Rémi Letourneur, Benoît Virot et moi-même — sera à la Libraire Le Nouvel Équipage pour parler de l’œuvre d’Hélène Bessette, propice comme toujours, à l’heure où le sentiment fasciste progresse en Europe et ailleurs. En compagnie de la nouvelle réédtion de maternA, roman sans paysage et sans homme. J’espère vous y voir nombreuses et nombreux.
Featured Poems in Juke Joint Magazine's Issue 10
Four of my Tallulah poems have been featured in Juke Joint Magazine’s Issue 10. This suite—three poems and a poem-play—is a collection that aims to speak to my quarrels with the white womanhood I was supposed to inherit. I am grateful to editors Dean Julius, Tory Rosen, Kora Schultz, and Em J Parsley for giving my work a home.
The issue is dedicated to Black Lives Matter, and a collection of anti-racist organizations and Black-owned bookstores are listed on their homepage.
"My Mother Defends Her Territory" Recorded for the Shelter in Magic Reading Series
“My Mother Defends Her Territory” is a video poem I recorded in Paris, France, for inclusion in the Shelter in Magic Reading Series, a project created by the Magic City Poetry Festival of Birmingham, Alabama. The Board invited writers with strong ties to "The Magic City" to record works so as to continue poetry despite the 2020's festival postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to Executive Director Ashley M. Jones and Program Coordinator Alina Stefanescu for including me.
GUEST HOST FOR COLLABORATIVE AFTERNOON/EVENING EVENT BETWEEN VERSE OF APRIL & MANDERLEY COLLECTIVE
I am honored to guest host –after Thoughts: On Literary Homage & Ancestry, an afternoon/evening of conversation with artists Fork Burke, Malik Ameer Crumpler, Jennifer Huang, Ashley M. Jones, Alison Grace Koehler, and Che Yeun. This online event is a collaboration between Verse of April and Manderley Collective. All who plan to attend must RSVP here in order to receive access information.