Join us Thursday, March 26, for a landmark conversation between John Edgar Wideman, Mitchell S. Jackson (2019 Center for Art and Advocacy Fellow and 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner), and Reginald Dwayne Betts (2017 Center for Art and Advocacy Fellow and 2021 MacArthur Fellow), moderated by Elizabeth Alexander (poet, scholar, educator. Mellon Foundation President and author of The Trayvon Generation).

All three authors will explore themes of identity, family, and creative expression in honor of John Edgar Wideman’s forthcoming book, Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971–2015. This new book highlights the first-ever collection of Wideman’s most influential essays and articles spanning five decades.

Presented by The Center for Art and Advocacy in collaboration with MoCADA.

WHAT: Art + Advocacy with John Edgar Wideman, Mitchell S. Jackson, Reginald Dwayne Betts, and Elizabeth Alexander
WHEN: Thursday, March 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9pm
WHERE: MoCADA Culture Lab II, 10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, 11217

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Light refreshments will be served.

This conversation was made possible thanks to generous support from the NYC Coalition of Theaters of Color in collaboration with NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and NYC Council.