ABIDE: An Evening with Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah

Join NEFER Bookcafé for the inaugural gathering of ABIDE—a series exploring what it means to stay with ourselves, witness one another, and create space for the conversations that shape our lives.

NEFER welcomes poet Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah, author of Sorry I Missed Your Call, I Was Trying to K*ll Myself, a moving collection that explores memory, identity, grief, race, tenderness, and the quiet journey from survival toward softness. Through poems that are both deeply personal and profoundly universal, Dawson-Amoah offers language for experiences that are too often carried in silence.

The evening will feature a live poetry reading, an intimate conversation with the author, audience Q&A, and a book signing.

Whether you've read the collection or are discovering Ewurakua's work for the first time, this gathering invites you to slow down and listen deeply.

Because sometimes the most meaningful thing we can offer one another is our willingness to abide.

• Live poetry reading by Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah
• Artist conversation
• Audience Q&A
• Book signing

Thursday, September 10, 2026
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

NEFER Bookcafé
694 E. 241st Street
Bronx, NY

Space is limited. Advance registration is encouraged.

About the Author

Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah is a poet and storyteller whose work explores mental health, race, identity, love, and healing through an intimate and deeply human lens. Her debut collection, Sorry I Missed Your Call, I Was Trying to K*ll Myself, invites readers into an honest exploration of survival, self-discovery, and the possibility of peace.

"I unravel myself here in hopes that some bits put you back together."

— Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah