The Power of Poetry with Nikki Grimes
March 9 @ 9:00 am - 9:45 pm
Writer Nikki Grimes, one of America’s most celebrated Black poets, discusses her poetry collections Glory in the Margins and Glory, Too, along with her expansive body of work.
A New York Times bestselling author and recipient of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, Grimes has captivated readers of all ages with her profound and lyrical storytelling. She will discuss her poetry collections Glory in the Margins and Glory, Too, along with her expansive body of work—more than 100 books spanning children’s literature, memoir, and verse.
Hybrid; in person at Trinity Cathedral and on Zoom.
Register to attend online: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdO6tqjkvEtaLpvm15OCeA38HOyqyHFEg
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About the author:
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and one of America’s preeminent Black poets, New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes’s latest poetry collection is Glory, Too, a soul-stirring collection of poetry that delves into the depths of faith, hope, and the human experience.
Author of over 75 books, her distinguished works include the modern classic Bronx Masquerade, award-winning verse novel Dark Sons on the life of Ishmael, memoir in verse Ordinary Hazards winner of the Printz Honor, Siebert Honor, and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, the acclaimed Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance, and NYT bestseller Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice.
Creator of ALA Notable Poetry Book Come Sunday, At Jerusalem’s Gate, and Voices of Christmas, Grimes has been featured in the pages of IMAGE Journal of Arts and Religion, World, Today’s Christian Woman, Poetry Magazine, Hunger Mountain, and on the Academy of American Poets series, Poem a Day, among others.
