Offen Poetry Reading by Duriel Harris
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Duriel E. Harris selects a student from a group of anonymous submissions to read their original work. Harris will read her work as well.
Presented in partnership with the Committee on Creative Writing at the University of Chicago
At the Logan Center for the Arts, Seminar Terrace 801
Poet, performer, and sound artist, Duriel E. Harris is author of No Dictionary of a Living Tongue, Drag and Amnesiac and coauthor of the poetry video Speleology. Current undertakings include “Blood Labyrinth” and the solo performance project Thingification. Harris is an associate professor of English in the graduate creative writing program at Illinois State University and the Editor of Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora.
Event Location:
Logan Center 801
915 E 60th St
Chicago, IL
60637
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