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Ghostlight Series: Jaki Shelton Green, NC Poet Laureate, Sunday Special Guest
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This Sunday's Special Guest episode features the incomparable Jaki Shelton Green!
Jaki Shelton Green is the first African American and third woman to be appointed as the North Carolina Poet Laureate. When he appointed her in 2018, Governor Cooper stated that "Jaki Shelton Green brings a deep appreciation of our state's diverse communities to her role as an ambassador of North Carolina literature. Jaki's appointment is a wonderful new chapter in North Carolina's rich literary history."
Jaki Shelton Green is the author of eight collections of poetry: Dead on Arrival, Dead on Arrival and New Poems, Masks, Conjure Blues, Singing a Tree Into Dance, Breath of the Song, published by Carolina Wren Press and Blair Publishers. Her other publications; Feeding the Light, I Want to Undie You, are published by Jacar Press. Her poetry has been published in over eighty national and international anthologies and featured in magazines such as Essence and Ms. Magazine.
All donations collected during the Sunday Special Guests performances go to support the Broadway for a Better World initiative, which makes grants of ticket to Wilson Center performances available to area community and non-profit organizations, to make the transformative experience of live performances available to untapped populations. There is a special focus on youth under the age of 18.
Jaki Shelton Green is the first African American and third woman to be appointed as the North Carolina Poet Laureate. When he appointed her in 2018, Governor Cooper stated that "Jaki Shelton Green brings a deep appreciation of our state's diverse communities to her role as an ambassador of North Carolina literature. Jaki's appointment is a wonderful new chapter in North Carolina's rich literary history."
Jaki Shelton Green is the author of eight collections of poetry: Dead on Arrival, Dead on Arrival and New Poems, Masks, Conjure Blues, Singing a Tree Into Dance, Breath of the Song, published by Carolina Wren Press and Blair Publishers. Her other publications; Feeding the Light, I Want to Undie You, are published by Jacar Press. Her poetry has been published in over eighty national and international anthologies and featured in magazines such as Essence and Ms. Magazine.
All donations collected during the Sunday Special Guests performances go to support the Broadway for a Better World initiative, which makes grants of ticket to Wilson Center performances available to area community and non-profit organizations, to make the transformative experience of live performances available to untapped populations. There is a special focus on youth under the age of 18.
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