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Join us for a virtual poetry workshop with Nate Marshall, award winning author, editor, poet, playwright, educator, speaker, and rapper. Presented by Tacoma Public Library and Write253. Registration required. Ages 15 to adult.
The Zoom meeting link for this event will be sent one hour before the beginning of the event. Registration is required. Registered attendees are expected to arrive in a timely fashion. Folks on the waitlist will be allowed in at 7:10 p.m.
If you have any questions please contact sholloway@tacomalibrary.org
Nate Marshall’s book, Wild Hundreds, was honored with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s award for Poetry Book of the Year and The Great Lakes College Association’s New Writer Award. He is also an editor of The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hopand he also co-curates The BreakBeat Poets series for Haymarket Books. Marshall co-wrote the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks with Eve Ewing, produced by Manual Cinema and commissioned by the Poetry Foundation. He also wrote the audio drama Bruh Rabbit & The Fantastic Telling of Remington Ellis, Esq., which was produced by Make-Believe Association. His last rap album, Grown came out in 2015 with his group Daily Lyrical Product. His most recent release, FINNA, has received rave reviews.
