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Nikky Finney reads Migration Portraiture, The Migration Series Poetry Suite
Presented in conjunction with MoMA s exhibition OneWay Ticket: Jacob Lawrence s Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North, the Poetry Suite includes readings of new poems written in response to Jacob Lawrences Migration Series from 10 highly esteemed contemporary poets, who were selected by poet and essayist Elizabeth Alexander. Nikky Finney is a John H. Bennett Jr. Endowed Professor of Creative Writing and Southern Letters at University of South Carolina. She is a winner of the National Book Award for Poetry for her book Head Off Split (Triquarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2011). View all poems in the Migration Poetry Suite: Learn more about Jacob Lawrence s Migration Series:
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