ONE OF OUR VERY OWN!
Join fellow poetry enthusiasts for a monthly reading by a featured local poet.
Henry L. Jones
Henry L. Jones is a poet, author, activist and artist who focuses on cultural and social issues. He blends life experiences and history to write about the Black experience using vivid images. Jones published Run into Blackness: Feeling My Poetic Gumbo, (Pneuma Publishing International, Inc.) which received praises in many media sources. This was his first commercial book. He has obtained awards, honors, and recognitions such as the Dr. Harriette Bias-Insignares Award for Poetry. Dr. Bias-Insignares is Nashville’s Poet Laureate/Ambassador of Letters. He collaborated with photographer Carlton Wilkinson in The African Male Museum Series, which won the Tennessee Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Fellowship (visual art). A concerned activist, Jones’ essay and poem were published in Houses of God, a gospel music CD release and book by the House of Blues Music Company & Platinum Entertainment. Various artists included: The Winans, Stevie Wonder, LA Mass Choir, The Temptations, Andrae Crouch Michael Brooks & The Nation, Cissy Houston, and others. This project raised nearly half million dollars to rebuild Southern churches attacked by racially motivated fires and bombs in the 1990’s. He recites his poetry often at cultural programs, festivals and literary events. Jones was the featured poet for the Southern Festival of Books (2010) debut stage of Chapter 16 (Humanities Tennessee), a new journal about books, writers and literary events in Tennessee. He has been a visiting poet at numerous colleges and taught ways to unleash creativity in workshops.SEE DETAILS HERE:
http://www.scarrittbennett.org/event/poets-corner-featuring-henry-jones/
Date: February 26th
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Fondren Hall, 2nd Floor
