Ama Codjoe presented by the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College
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Ama Codjoe
followed by conversation with Alexis Callender
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall, Smith College
Ama Codjoe’s 2022 debut, Bluest Nude (Milkweed Editions), won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and was described by Ada Limón as “sensual, sound-driven, and brimming with a necessary truth.” Codjoe is a multigenre artist, both poet and dancer, and currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island as the 2025-2027 Bonderman Assistant Professor of the Practice in Literary Arts at Brown University.
Co-sponsored by Department of Art, Department of English Language and Literature, Department of Africana Studies, Smith College Museum of Art, Office for Equity and Inclusion, Cromwell Day Committee, and Smith College Lecture Committee.
Livestream also available on the BDPC YouTube page:https://www.youtube.com/live/vMYlwyXPGPI?si=Iu3wOEscLgIx5itj
Codjoe’s reading will be followed by a conversation with Alexis Callender in Weinstein Auditorium in Wright Hall on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. For disability access information or accommodation requests, call/email Jen Blackburn ([email protected], 413-585-4891). To request a sign language interpreter, email [email protected] at least two full weeks before the event.
followed by conversation with Alexis Callender
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall, Smith College
Ama Codjoe’s 2022 debut, Bluest Nude (Milkweed Editions), won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and was described by Ada Limón as “sensual, sound-driven, and brimming with a necessary truth.” Codjoe is a multigenre artist, both poet and dancer, and currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island as the 2025-2027 Bonderman Assistant Professor of the Practice in Literary Arts at Brown University.
Co-sponsored by Department of Art, Department of English Language and Literature, Department of Africana Studies, Smith College Museum of Art, Office for Equity and Inclusion, Cromwell Day Committee, and Smith College Lecture Committee.
Livestream also available on the BDPC YouTube page:https://www.youtube.com/live/vMYlwyXPGPI?si=Iu3wOEscLgIx5itj
Codjoe’s reading will be followed by a conversation with Alexis Callender in Weinstein Auditorium in Wright Hall on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. For disability access information or accommodation requests, call/email Jen Blackburn ([email protected], 413-585-4891). To request a sign language interpreter, email [email protected] at least two full weeks before the event.
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Wright Hall - Smith College, 7 Chapin Way, Northampton, MA 01063-6302, United States
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Host or PublisherThe Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College
