Featured writers: CM Burroughs and Adrian Matejka. Presented by the Poetry Foundation.
Poets CM Burroughs and Adrian Matejka discuss the groundbreaking legacy of poet Melvin Dixon, who “wrote extensively about the complexities of being a gay Black man” (Poetry Foundation).
Book signing times (all signings take place in the Winter Garden, 9th Floor)
🖊️CM Burroughs: 3:00 – 3:20
About the writer:
CM BURROUGHS is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago and author of The Vital System and Master Suffering, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, Lambda Book Award, and the LA Times Book Award. Burroughs’ poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies including Poetry, Ploughshares, Cave Canem’s Gathering Ground, and Best American Experimental Writing.
ADRIAN MATEJKA is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Somebody Else Sold the World (Penguin, 2021), which was a finalist for the UNT 2022 Rilke Prize and the 2022 Indiana Authors Award. His first graphic novel Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century was published by Liveright in 2023. He serves as Editor of Poetry magazine.
Get these books and more at the Festival!
Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century by Adrian Matejka
Master Suffering: Poems by CM Burroughs
Trouble the Water by Melvin Dixon
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