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URL:https://museum.msu.edu/events/blurred-realities-poetry-slam/
SUMMARY:(SOLD OUT) Blurred Realities Poetry Slam
DESCRIPTION:Poets from MSU and the greater Lansing community will write and
  perform original work exploring changing notions of authenticity and mis/
 dis/information in an era shaped by AI and digital surrogates. Competing f
 or three cash prizes\, performers will be scored by community judges selec
 ted at random from the audience\, making this milestone 10th installation 
 of the poetry slam as interactive as it is thought-provoking.\n\nThis spec
 ial edition of the poetry slam will be hosted by acclaimed poet\, playwrig
 ht\, and cultural leader Mahogany L. Browne alongside Natasha T. Miller\, 
 the MSU Museum’s Community Engagement Manager and a three-time top-five 
 finalist at the Women of the World Poetry Slam\, in partnership with the R
 CAH Center for Poetry. In addition to co-hosting the evening\, Browne will
  offer a featured reading of her own work.\n\nRefreshments will be provide
 d. \n\nREGISTER HERE\n\nMahogany L. Browne is a writer\, playwright\, org
 anizer\, and educator is a Kennedy Center Next 50 Fellow\, and the inaug
 ural Distinguished Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University\, she is als
 o a MacDowell Arts Advocacy Awardee\, NAACP Image Award nominess and a Ne
 w York Emmy nominee for How to Build a City (All Arts). Browne has recei
 ved fellowships from Cave Canem\, Arts for Justice\, Baldwin for the Arts\
 , Hawthorden\, Mellon Research\, Rauschenberg\, UCross\, and more.\n\nHer
  acclaimed books include Vinyl Moon\; Chlorine Sky (optioned by Steppen
 wolf Theatre)\; Black Girl Magic\; and the frequently challenged works W
 oke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice and Woke Baby. She is also the fou
 nder of the Woke Baby Book Fair\, a national celebration of diverse childr
 en’s literature.\n\nBrowne’s poetry collection Chrome Valley\, praise
 d by The New York Times and Publishers Weekly\, won the 2024 Paterson P
 oetry Prize\; and she is the recipient of the Holmes National Poetry Priz
 e from Princeton University. Her most recent young adult novel\, A Bird i
 n the Air Means We Can Still Breathe\, was longlisted for the National Boo
 k Award. Browne holds an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Marymount Manh
 attan College and serves as the inaugural Poet-in-Residence at Lincoln Cen
 ter.\n\nFeatured MSU Student Poets\nJuno Bursch\nGaby Yeary\nCharisma Holl
 y\nCassidy Howard\nJeremiah Young Walker\nFrank Jeffries\n\nFeatured Lansi
 ng Area Poets\nMasaki Takahashi\nClaire Donohoe\nJillian Bowe\nTruth the P
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LOCATION:MSU Museum\, 409 West Circle Drive\, East Lansing\, Michigan\, 488
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