March 12, 2009

MEDIA CONTACTS: Nick Massella
(202) 994-3087; massella@gwu.edu

AND THEN YOU KNOW: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS - AUTHOR AND POET KWAME ALEXANDER TO READ LATEST WORK
APRIL 9, 2009

EVENT: 

Washington poet Kwame Alexander will read from his recent publication And Then You Know: New and Selected Poems with special guest Deanna Nikaido, author of A Voice Like Water: Love Poems. Live music and a book signing will follow the reading. GW's Special Collections Research Center also is proud to hold the Kwame Alexander Papers, which document Alexander's multi-faceted career. 

WHEN: 

Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7 - 9 p.m. 

WHERE: 

The George Washington University
Gelman Library, Room 207
2130 H St. NW, Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro Station (Orange and Blue lines)
 
COST:  

This event is free and open to the public. Members of the media wishing to attend should contact Nick Massella at (202) 994-3087 or massella@gwu.edu. 

BACKGROUND:

Kwame Alexander is a poet, publisher, playwright, producer, speaker, and performer. He has conducted standing-room-only publishing workshops and performed his cutting-edge brand of poetry to audiences at numerous conferences, colleges, and venues throughout the world, including Stratford-on-Avon, Brixton Town Hall, Oberlin College, University of California-Berkeley, Hampton University, Duke University, and The University of Maryland.

As a literary expert and commentator, he has appeared on a variety of television and radio programs including Fox News, "Tavis Smiley," "The Kojo Nnamdi Show," and several NBC and Fox affiliates. The founder of two book publishing companies, BlackWords Press and the Alexander Publishing Group, Alexander is responsible for bringing progressive and original fiction and nonfiction to receptive audiences.

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