Walkin' Blues with Kalamu ya Salaam and C. Liegh McInnis

Writer and activist Kalamu ya Salaam recently released Walkin' Blues: a speculation and meditation on the life and legend of Robert Johnson, his first novel in a career spanning half a century. Join Salaam and C. Liegh McInnis for a conversation about this much-anticipated book.

This is a Literature & Lunch session; ticket price includes a catered buffet lunch.

The Andre Callioux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice is accessible to community members who require mobility-related ADA accommodations. Parking near the venue is free, though somewhat limited. The nearest RTA stop is at N. Broad and Columbus.

C. Liegh McInnis is a poet, short story writer, Prince scholar, retired English instructor/co-founder of the Jackson State Creative Writing Program, former editor/publisher of Black Magnolias Literary Journal, and author of eight books—four collections of poetry, one collection of short fiction (Scripts: Sketches and Tales of Urban Mississippi), one work of literary criticism (The Lyrics of Prince: A Literary Look), one co-authored work, Brother Hollis: The Sankofa of a Movement Man, which discusses the life of Mississippi Civil Rights icon, and former First Runner-Up of the Amiri Baraka/Sonia Sanchez Poetry Award. Additionally, he has been published in periodicals and anthologies.

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