Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration

Name: Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration
Start: 2025-03-06T18:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-03-06T20:00:00-06:00
Location: 61 West Superior Street,Chicago,60654,US

Schedule

Thu Mar 06 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

61 West Superior Street,Chicago,60654,US | Chicago, IL

A book launch featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Nicole Sealey, John Murillo, Candace Williams, and editor Diana Marie Delgado.
Celebrate the release of Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration , Haymarket Books’ anthology of writers speaking on the United States prison-industrial complex. Editor Diana Marie Delgado and contributors John Murillo, Nicole Sealey, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Candace Williams will read from the anthology, followed by a reception.
“These powerful poems of witness illuminate the oppressive systems that make up and reinforce the US prison-industrial complex, revealing cracks in a criminal punishment system that is built to seem impenetrable and unchangeable. Like a Hammer foregrounds real experiences and illustrates art and imagination as vehicles for endurance, offering us the hope to envision a better future.” —Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Foreword to Like a Hammer
This event is presented in partnership with the University of Arizona Poetry Center and Haymarket Books as part of the Poetry Foundation’s spring 2025 season, Power Lines.
Additional Information
-All Poetry Foundation events are completely free of charge and open to the public.
-Advanced registration is encouraged.
-The performance space is ADA-compliant and wheelchair-accessible.
-The program will feature CART captioning and ASL interpretation.
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