Friday, February 22, 2013

March Sunday Kind of Love: Jericho Brown & Remica Bingham


March Sunday Kind of Love 
Featuring: 
Jericho Brown & Remica Bingham



Jericho Brown






 Sunday March 17, 2013
   5-7 pm
Busboys & Poets (14th & V)
                                                          2021 14th Street, NW  
                                       Washington D.C. 20009
Hosted by: 
Sarah Browning & Katy Richey 
$5 online or at the door 
As always, open mic follows!

Co-Sponsored by Busboys and Poets
& Split This Rock

Jericho Brown was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and once worked as the speechwriter for the Mayor of New Orleans.  The recipient of the Whiting Writers Award and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University, Brown is an Assistant Professor at Emory University. His poems have appeared in journals and anthologies including, The American Poetry ReviewjubilatOxford AmericanPloughsharesTin House, The Best American Poetry, and 100 Best African American Poems. His first book, PLEASE, won the American Book Award.


Remica L. Bingham earned an MFA from Bennington College and is a Cave Canem fellow. Her first book, Conversion, won the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award and was published by Lotus Press. Her second book, What We Ask of Flesh, is forthcoming from Etruscan Press in February 2013. Currently, she is the Director of Writing and Faculty Development at Old Dominion University. She resides in Norfolk, VA with her husband and children. For more information on her work and upcoming events, please visit: www.remicalbingham.com.


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