Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior Street
Chicago, IL 60654
United States
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REGISTER HERE.
Stuttering poet and musician JJJJJerome Ellis will perform excerpts from and discuss their new book, Aster of Ceremonies. This will be the first public offering of the Poetry Foundation’s Crip Talks, a series of workshops and artist talks by disabled writers, artists, and activists organized by the Poetry Foundation’s Accessibility Task Force.
This is a hybrid event, which will be offered in-person and via livestream.
Guests are encouraged to register here.
JJJJJerome Ellis
JJJJJerome Ellis is a disabled animal, artist, and person who stutters. JJJJJerome was born in 1989 to Jamaican and Grenadian immigrants.
A polyphonic new entry in Multiverse, JJJJJerome Ellis’s Aster of Ceremonies beautifully rewrites history, creating a world that blooms backward, reimagining what it means for Black and disabled people to have taken, and to continue to take, their freedom.