VIRTUAL
1011 S Washington Ave,
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
This reading will be broadcast as a live event on YouTube. Your registration through Eventbrite includes access to the livestream on April 26. A link will be emailed to you at the address with which you register. This event is free and open to the public suggested donation is $50.
This special event, which features actors, artists, and leaders from across culture, celebrates poetry’s important place in our society and its impact on the lives of readers.
Hosted by
Richard Blanco, Academy of American Poets Education Ambassador
& Kimiko Hahn, Academy of American Poets Chancellor
Readings from
Andrew Bird
Alan Cumming
Ethan Hawke
Emily Igwike, National Student Poet
Daniel Dae Kim
Eric Kim
Ada Limón, U.S. Poet Laureate
John Lithgow
Shantell Martin
Liam Neeson
Molly Shannon
& Malala Yousafzai
Ada Limón
Ada Limón is the twenty-fourth U.S. Poet Laureate as well as the author of The Hurting Kind and five other collections of poems.
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves—from U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.