MS + MA is a joint project of the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mass Humanities. We’re bringing together people from our respective states for six interactive, online programs to facilitate conversation and connection. By reflecting on our states’ histories in relationship to each other, this series aims to build understanding and offer new perspectives. At a time when the pandemic has created a greater sense of isolation, we hope to forge connections.
Session 4: Verses and Voices: Poet Laureates
March18, 2021: 6pm-7:30pm Central Time
Our next event brings together poet laureates from both states for a conversation about the role of poetry in public life. With the words still of presidential inauguration poet Amanda Gorman still resounding across the nation, we’ll hear poems and thoughts from Mississippi poet laureate Beth Ann Fennelly (poet laureate of Mississippi) and her student, Michael Martella, plus Worcester poet laureate Juan Matos and Amina Mohammed, Worcester’s youth poet laureate.
Register here to participate in the free program.
