Mitchell L. H. Douglas is the author of dying in the scarecrow’s arms, \blak\ \al-fə bet\, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award, and Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem, an NAACP Image Award nominee. He is a cofounder of the Affrilachian Poets, a Cave Canem graduate, and Associate Professor of English at Indiana University Indianapolis.
Poetry Workshop: 10 a.m.-noon
Reading: noon- 1 p.m.
It's always fun to celebrate the end of the semester with a road trip! The Griot Collective is a Jackson, TN, writing group organized by local fiction writer James Cherry. After leading a poetry workshop, I'll give a reading of my latest work.