Voices Restored: Women’s Harlem Renaissance Poetry Live in Spoken Word

This dynamic, theatrically staged spoken-word program pairs Harlem Renaissance poetry by Black women with the voices of today’s Black women poets—alive, embodied, and present.

First published a century ago and newly brought together from original sources, these poems don’t whisper from the past—they speak straight into the present.

Content Note: In the interest of historical and emotional accuracy, some material includes racial slurs and depictions of violence.

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Info: Three spoken-word artists bring to life the fierce, elegant, defiant, and rarely heard poems of women of the Harlem Renaissance, weaving voices from the past into themes that continue to shape our present.

Info: A post-performance conversation with the three performing artists and producer/director Karen Levine, exploring the work’s themes and contemporary resonance.

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Host or Publisher Harlem Renaissance Women's Literature Project