Goin’ Up Yonder: Religion in Black Poetics

For many in the Black American community, religion played a large role in our upbringing. Whether we maintain our beliefs into adulthood, embrace a new faith, or abandon religion altogether, we may reckon with or otherwise allude to how that cultural context informed our lives through poetry. Four writers will read poems that include imagery, diction, and other aspects of religion. Then they will discuss among themselves and with the audience how these influences appear in and drive their work. 

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Presenters:  Quintin Collins, Sarah Kersey, Porsha Olayiwola, and Matthew E. Henry