Camonghne Felix

Camonghne Felix presents Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom
Acclaimed poet (Build Yourself a Boat) and former speechwriter for Elizabeth Warren Camonghne Felix presents her new book Let the Poets Govern, a part-memoir, part-manifesto interpretation of Black radical literary traditions to reimagine freedom through refusal. In this groundbreaking work of nonfiction, Felix argues that Black radical poetic traditions model an ethical code and overcome entrenched structures of patriarchy and paternalism, inventing a new form that examines the historical and legislative, and the personal and poetic. Drawing on stories from her life in campaigns, and recounting her moving personal history—as well as her coming-of-age being schooled in a wider tradition of Black radical thinkers, from Gwendolyn Brooks to Audre Lorde—through rupture, rhythm, and a refusal of politics as usual, Let the Poets Govern encourages us to hold ourselves to the standards of our highest ideals and embraces our shared humanity. Felix discusses her work, before and audience Q&A and signing.

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