Poetry and Resistance: Exploring the Poetry of Reuben Jackson - In-person

Poesía y Resistencia en Español, English, y Spanglish

Celebrate Juneteenth as we read & discuss the poetry of Reuben Jackson, DC-raised poet, educator, long-time jazz historian, & DJ. Discover how others used poetry as resistance, and write some poems!

As a black man who spent periods of his life in overwhelmingly white Vermont, Reuben Jackson's poetry often explored a persistent sense of otherness. Jackson published two poetry collections, Fingering the Keys, published by the Maryland-based Gut Punch Press in 1990, and 2019’s Scattered Clouds (Maryland’s Alan Squire Publishing). Additionally, his poems have been featured in more than 50 anthologies, including, most recently, This Is the Honey, edited by bestselling author Kwame Alexander. Mr. Jackson had regular shows on Vermont Public Radio, as well as locally on WPFW-FM.

Questions about this program? Contact the Library at 240-777-0678. 

Find Reuben Jackson titles in our catalog: https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/383394?searchId=36755257&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex

and/or request through Inter-Library Loan:https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/montgomery-county-public-libraries/things-you-can-borrow-library/interlibrary-loan-services

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More info about Vocales Verticales: https://www.facebook.com/p/Vocales-Verticales

https://vocalesverticales.substack.com/

This program is led by Carlota Roby, a human rights attorney and co-founder of the Vocales Verticales project. She is also a poet, and has published the poetry collections Las Manos de los Muertos (2013); Suburban Tales (2019); and Lilith (2024), available in our library catalog: https://staff-montgomery.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblionumber=574868&found1=1

The program will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room, off the lobby on the first floor. 

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